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Mainstage Variable

cd9new

CD player 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	7363	90.41%
Yes	1	146	1.79%
	Total	8144	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.02	635	0	1.0	0.14	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	7530	90.22%
Yes	1	214	2.56%
	Total	8346	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.03	602	0	1.0	0.16	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	7810	90.78%
Yes	1	232	2.7%
	Total	8603	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.03	561	0	1.0	0.17	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	7735	88.82%
Yes	1	406	4.66%
	Total	8709	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.05	568	0	1.0	0.22	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	7855	88.29%
Yes	1	472	5.31%
	Total	8897	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.06	570	0	1.0	0.23	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	8110	89.66%
Yes	1	529	5.85%
	Total	9045	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.06	406	0	1.0	0.24	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	8252	88.24%
Yes	1	624	6.67%
	Total	9352	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.07	476	0	1.0	0.26	8876

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	63	0.59%
inapplicable	-8	2678	25.19%
proxy	-7	246	2.31%
Not mentioned	0	6935	65.23%
Yes	1	709	6.67%
	Total	10631	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.09	2987	0	1.0	0.29	7644

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	31	0.35%
inapplicable	-8	2269	25.9%
proxy	-7	154	1.76%
Not mentioned	0	5546	63.3%
Yes	1	761	8.69%
	Total	8761	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.12	2454	0	1.0	0.33	6307

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	30	0.34%
inapplicable	-8	2705	30.75%
proxy	-7	55	0.63%
Not mentioned	0	5241	59.58%
Yes	1	766	8.71%
	Total	8797	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.13	2790	0	1.0	0.33	6007

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	25	0.42%
inapplicable	-8	1995	33.22%
proxy	-7	59	0.98%
Not mentioned	0	3427	57.07%
Yes	1	499	8.31%
	Total	6005	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.13	2079	0	1.0	0.33	3926

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	14	0.23%
inapplicable	-8	2307	37.88%
proxy	-7	31	0.51%
Not mentioned	0	3207	52.66%
Yes	1	531	8.72%
	Total	6090	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.14	2352	0	1.0	0.35	3738

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	12	0.24%
inapplicable	-8	1965	38.8%
proxy	-7	40	0.79%
Not mentioned	0	2626	51.86%
Yes	1	421	8.31%
	Total	5064	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.14	2017	0	1.0	0.35	3047

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	22	0.44%
inapplicable	-8	2218	44.07%
proxy	-7	98	1.95%
Not mentioned	0	2232	44.35%
Yes	1	463	9.2%
	Total	5033	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.17	2338	0	1.0	0.38	2695

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	21	0.41%
inapplicable	-8	2582	50.36%
proxy	-7	88	1.72%
Not mentioned	0	1940	37.84%
Yes	1	496	9.67%
	Total	5127	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.2	2691	0	1.0	0.4	2436

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	22	0.42%
inapplicable	-8	2900	55.43%
proxy	-7	211	4.03%
Not mentioned	0	1688	32.26%
Yes	1	411	7.86%
	Total	5232	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.2	3133	0	1.0	0.4	2099

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	18	0.34%
inapplicable	-8	3377	64.61%
Not mentioned	0	1385	26.5%
Yes	1	447	8.55%
	Total	5227	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.24	3395	0	1.0	0.43	1832

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	48	0.87%
inapplicable	-8	3993	72.46%
No	0	1004	18.22%
Yes	1	466	8.46%
	Total	5511	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.32	4041	0	1.0	0.47	1470

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