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age

Age at Date of Interview

Datafiles

Index term

Socio-demographic Characteristics

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
38.35	0	0	101.0	23.0	20177

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
38.12	0	0	100.0	22.99	20715

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
37.74	0	0	99.0	22.79	21389

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
37.44	0	0	99.0	22.72	21730

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
37.33	0	0	99.0	22.66	22127

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
37.07	0	0	99.0	22.65	22574

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
36.7	0	0	104.0	22.59	23435

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
36.46	0	0	103.0	22.64	26586

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
36.47	0	0	102.0	22.67	21602

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
36.66	0	0	101.0	22.72	21566

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
36.5	0	0	100.0	22.68	14835

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.01%
[Value >= 0]	1	15040	99.99%
	Total	15042	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
36.39	2	0	99.0	22.67	15040

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
35.87	0	0	97.0	22.18	12720

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
36.0	0	0	96.0	22.26	12549

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
35.78	0	0	96.0	22.2	12851

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
35.73	0	0	95.0	22.18	13104

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
35.75	0	0	97.0	22.32	13151

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
35.97	0	0	96.0	22.5	13840

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
[Value >= 0]	1	14418	99.99%
	Total	14419	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
46.75	1	15.0	101.0	18.94	14418

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
[Value >= 0]	1	14872	99.99%
	Total	14873	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
46.51	1	15.0	100.0	18.92	14872

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
[Value >= 0]	1	15391	99.99%
	Total	15392	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
46.17	1	15.0	99.0	18.82	15391

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
[Value >= 0]	1	15616	99.99%
	Total	15617	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
45.93	1	15.0	99.0	18.7	15616

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
46.0	0	15.0	98.0	18.55	15791

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
45.74	0	15.0	99.0	18.54	16238

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
45.53	0	15.0	97.0	18.46	16597

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
[Value >= 0]	1	18866	99.99%
	Total	18867	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
45.35	1	15.0	96.0	18.58	18866

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
45.19	0	15.0	101.0	18.6	15603

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	4	0.03%
[Value >= 0]	1	15619	99.97%
	Total	15623	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
45.26	4	15.0	101.0	18.66	15619

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
44.97	0	15.0	99.0	18.74	10906

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
44.7	0	15.0	99.0	18.75	11193

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
43.71	0	15.0	97.0	18.46	9438

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
44.02	0	15.0	96.0	18.48	9249

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
43.82	0	15.0	96.0	18.43	9481

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
43.83	0	15.0	95.0	18.39	9600

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
43.93	0	15.0	97.0	18.45	9845

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
44.42	0	15.0	96.0	18.46	10264

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