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Mainstage Variable

cd8new

Home computer bought in last year

Datafile

hhresp

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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	6748	82.86%
Yes	1	761	9.34%
	Total	8144	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.1	635	0	1.0	0.3	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	6960	83.39%
Yes	1	784	9.39%
	Total	8346	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.1	602	0	1.0	0.3	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	7250	84.27%
Yes	1	792	9.21%
	Total	8603	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.1	561	0	1.0	0.3	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	7293	83.74%
Yes	1	848	9.74%
	Total	8709	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.1	568	0	1.0	0.31	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	7488	84.16%
Yes	1	839	9.43%
	Total	8897	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.1	570	0	1.0	0.3	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	7866	86.97%
Yes	1	773	8.55%
	Total	9045	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.09	406	0	1.0	0.29	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	8069	86.28%
Yes	1	807	8.63%
	Total	9352	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.09	476	0	1.0	0.29	8876

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	63	0.59%
inapplicable	-8	5453	51.29%
proxy	-7	246	2.31%
Not mentioned	0	3970	37.34%
Yes	1	899	8.46%
	Total	10631	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.18	5762	0	1.0	0.39	4869

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	31	0.35%
inapplicable	-8	4767	54.41%
proxy	-7	154	1.76%
Not mentioned	0	2873	32.79%
Yes	1	936	10.68%
	Total	8761	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.25	4952	0	1.0	0.43	3809

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	30	0.34%
inapplicable	-8	5438	61.82%
proxy	-7	55	0.63%
Not mentioned	0	2403	27.32%
Yes	1	871	9.9%
	Total	8797	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.27	5523	0	1.0	0.44	3274

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	26	0.43%
inapplicable	-8	3988	66.41%
proxy	-7	59	0.98%
Not mentioned	0	1480	24.65%
Yes	1	452	7.53%
	Total	6005	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.23	4073	0	1.0	0.42	1932

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	19	0.31%
inapplicable	-8	4224	69.36%
proxy	-7	31	0.51%
Not mentioned	0	1403	23.04%
Yes	1	413	6.78%
	Total	6090	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.23	4274	0	1.0	0.42	1816

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	13	0.26%
inapplicable	-8	3574	70.58%
proxy	-7	40	0.79%
Not mentioned	0	1116	22.04%
Yes	1	321	6.34%
	Total	5064	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.22	3627	0	1.0	0.42	1437

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	22	0.44%
inapplicable	-8	3554	70.61%
proxy	-7	98	1.95%
Not mentioned	0	1093	21.72%
Yes	1	266	5.29%
	Total	5033	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.2	3674	0	1.0	0.4	1359

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	21	0.41%
inapplicable	-8	3667	71.52%
proxy	-7	88	1.72%
Not mentioned	0	1117	21.79%
Yes	1	234	4.56%
	Total	5127	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.17	3776	0	1.0	0.38	1351

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	22	0.42%
inapplicable	-8	3692	70.57%
proxy	-7	211	4.03%
Not mentioned	0	1059	20.24%
Yes	1	248	4.74%
	Total	5232	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.19	3925	0	1.0	0.39	1307

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	18	0.34%
inapplicable	-8	3996	76.45%
Not mentioned	0	975	18.65%
Yes	1	238	4.55%
	Total	5227	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.2	4014	0	1.0	0.4	1213

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	60	1.09%
inapplicable	-8	4301	78.04%
No	0	869	15.77%
Yes	1	281	5.1%
	Total	5511	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.24	4361	0	1.0	0.43	1150

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