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Mainstage Variable

cd11new

Cable TV bought in last year

Datafile

hhresp

Index terms

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	56	0.69%
inapplicable	-8	41	0.5%
proxy	-7	538	6.61%
Not mentioned	0	7454	91.53%
Yes	1	55	0.68%
	Total	8144	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.01	635	0	1.0	0.09	7509

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	55	0.66%
inapplicable	-8	63	0.75%
proxy	-7	484	5.8%
Not mentioned	0	7674	91.95%
Yes	1	70	0.84%
	Total	8346	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.01	602	0	1.0	0.09	7744

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	55	0.64%
inapplicable	-8	44	0.51%
proxy	-7	462	5.37%
Not mentioned	0	7979	92.75%
Yes	1	63	0.73%
	Total	8603	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.01	561	0	1.0	0.09	8042

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	59	0.68%
inapplicable	-8	67	0.77%
proxy	-7	442	5.08%
Not mentioned	0	8068	92.64%
Yes	1	73	0.84%
	Total	8709	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.01	568	0	1.0	0.09	8141

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	60	0.67%
inapplicable	-8	62	0.7%
proxy	-7	448	5.04%
Not mentioned	0	8254	92.77%
Yes	1	73	0.82%
	Total	8897	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.01	570	0	1.0	0.09	8327

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	60	0.66%
inapplicable	-8	45	0.5%
proxy	-7	301	3.33%
Not mentioned	0	8562	94.66%
Yes	1	77	0.85%
	Total	9045	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.01	406	0	1.0	0.09	8639

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	58	0.62%
inapplicable	-8	67	0.72%
proxy	-7	351	3.75%
Not mentioned	0	8807	94.17%
Yes	1	69	0.74%
	Total	9352	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.01	476	0	1.0	0.09	8876

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	64	0.6%
inapplicable	-8	8760	82.4%
proxy	-7	246	2.31%
Not mentioned	0	1408	13.24%
Yes	1	153	1.44%
	Total	10631	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.1	9070	0	1.0	0.3	1561

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	31	0.35%
inapplicable	-8	7310	83.44%
proxy	-7	154	1.76%
Not mentioned	0	1117	12.75%
Yes	1	149	1.7%
	Total	8761	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.12	7495	0	1.0	0.32	1266

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	30	0.34%
inapplicable	-8	7574	86.1%
proxy	-7	55	0.63%
Not mentioned	0	974	11.07%
Yes	1	164	1.86%
	Total	8797	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.14	7659	0	1.0	0.35	1138

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	26	0.43%
inapplicable	-8	5195	86.51%
proxy	-7	59	0.98%
Not mentioned	0	636	10.59%
Yes	1	89	1.48%
	Total	6005	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.12	5280	0	1.0	0.33	725

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	21	0.34%
inapplicable	-8	5408	88.8%
proxy	-7	31	0.51%
Not mentioned	0	529	8.69%
Yes	1	101	1.66%
	Total	6090	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.16	5460	0	1.0	0.37	630

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	15	0.3%
inapplicable	-8	4555	89.95%
proxy	-7	40	0.79%
Not mentioned	0	352	6.95%
Yes	1	102	2.01%
	Total	5064	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.22	4610	0	1.0	0.42	454

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