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allch04

person numbers of respondents children (natural,adopt,foster,step) in household

Datafile

indresp

Index terms

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	3858	8.6%
no natural/adopted/adoptive child in the household	0	40576	90.5%
	5	49	0.11%
	6	275	0.61%
	7	50	0.11%
	8	18	0.04%
	10	4	0.01%
	11	4	0.01%
	12	3	0.01%
	Total	44837	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	3935	8.36%
no natural/adopted/adoptive child in the household	0	42665	90.63%
	5	51	0.11%
	6	320	0.68%
	7	60	0.13%
	8	19	0.04%
	9	4	0.01%
	10	6	0.01%
	11	4	0.01%
	12	8	0.02%
	13	2	0.0%
	Total	47074	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	3830	7.71%
no natural/adopted/adoptive child in the household	0	45358	91.28%
	4	2	0.0%
	5	62	0.12%
	6	357	0.72%
	7	59	0.12%
	8	12	0.02%
	9	7	0.01%
	10	5	0.01%
	Total	49692	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	3880	7.11%
no natural/adopted/adoptive child in the household	0	50131	91.87%
	5	68	0.12%
	6	403	0.74%
	7	66	0.12%
	8	10	0.02%
	9	9	0.02%
	10	1	0.0%
	Total	54568	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	3262	6.4%
no natural/adopted/adoptive child in the household	0	47097	92.36%
	4	2	0.0%
	5	78	0.15%
	6	456	0.89%
	7	72	0.14%
	8	17	0.03%
	9	7	0.01%
	10	3	0.01%
	Total	50994	100.0%

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