Main survey variable: cjsbgm Month current labour force status began

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	433	3.0%
inapplicable	-8	3	0.02%
proxy	-7	401	2.78%
refusal	-2	2	0.01%
don't know	-1	1619	11.23%
January	1	945	6.55%
February	2	678	4.7%
March	3	830	5.76%
April	4	984	6.82%
May	5	817	5.67%
June	6	1181	8.19%
July	7	998	6.92%
August	8	1104	7.66%
September	9	1980	13.73%
October	10	1003	6.96%
November	11	739	5.13%
December	12	702	4.87%
	Total	14419	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
6.7	2458	1.0	12.0	3.22	11961

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	374	2.51%
inapplicable	-8	1	0.01%
proxy	-7	445	2.99%
refusal	-2	4	0.03%
don't know	-1	1680	11.3%
January	1	973	6.54%
February	2	708	4.76%
March	3	887	5.96%
April	4	1006	6.76%
May	5	842	5.66%
June	6	1213	8.16%
July	7	1029	6.92%
August	8	1163	7.82%
September	9	2015	13.55%
October	10	1080	7.26%
November	11	752	5.06%
December	12	701	4.71%
	Total	14873	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
6.69	2504	1.0	12.0	3.21	12369

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	290	1.88%
proxy	-7	541	3.51%
refusal	-2	2	0.01%
don't know	-1	1724	11.2%
January	1	1046	6.8%
February	2	712	4.63%
March	3	901	5.85%
April	4	1074	6.98%
May	5	869	5.65%
June	6	1209	7.85%
July	7	1097	7.13%
August	8	1273	8.27%
September	9	2148	13.96%
October	10	1085	7.05%
November	11	756	4.91%
December	12	665	4.32%
	Total	15392	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
6.65	2557	1.0	12.0	3.2	12835

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	5	0.03%
proxy	-7	310	1.99%
refusal	-2	3	0.02%
don't know	-1	2041	13.07%
January	1	1066	6.83%
February	2	728	4.66%
March	3	893	5.72%
April	4	1098	7.03%
May	5	849	5.44%
June	6	1226	7.85%
July	7	1048	6.71%
August	8	1324	8.48%
September	9	2514	16.1%
October	10	1058	6.77%
November	11	804	5.15%
December	12	650	4.16%
	Total	15617	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
6.71	2359	1.0	12.0	3.18	13258

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
proxy	-7	1014	6.42%
refusal	-2	4	0.03%
don't know	-1	2335	14.79%
January	1	999	6.33%
February	2	679	4.3%
March	3	845	5.35%
April	4	1035	6.55%
May	5	830	5.26%
June	6	1063	6.73%
July	7	1015	6.43%
August	8	1205	7.63%
September	9	2324	14.72%
October	10	1080	6.84%
November	11	751	4.76%
December	12	611	3.87%
	Total	15791	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
6.72	3354	1.0	12.0	3.19	12437

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
proxy	-7	891	5.49%
refusal	-2	4	0.02%
don't know	-1	2565	15.8%
January	1	1035	6.37%
February	2	763	4.7%
March	3	895	5.51%
April	4	1077	6.63%
May	5	835	5.14%
June	6	1108	6.82%
July	7	1017	6.26%
August	8	1226	7.55%
September	9	2343	14.43%
October	10	1128	6.95%
November	11	749	4.61%
December	12	601	3.7%
	Total	16238	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
6.66	3461	1.0	12.0	3.2	12777

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	56	0.34%
proxy	-7	889	5.36%
refusal	-2	2	0.01%
don't know	-1	2406	14.5%
January	1	989	5.96%
February	2	815	4.91%
March	3	923	5.56%
April	4	1027	6.19%
May	5	912	5.49%
June	6	1283	7.73%
July	7	1054	6.35%
August	8	1320	7.95%
September	9	2275	13.71%
October	10	1140	6.87%
November	11	832	5.01%
December	12	674	4.06%
	Total	16597	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
6.71	3353	1.0	12.0	3.19	13244

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	801	4.25%
refusal	-2	3	0.02%
don't know	-1	2488	13.19%
January	1	1346	7.13%
February	2	927	4.91%
March	3	1079	5.72%
April	4	1265	6.7%
May	5	1000	5.3%
June	6	1388	7.36%
July	7	1240	6.57%
August	8	1512	8.01%
September	9	2596	13.76%
October	10	1419	7.52%
November	11	984	5.22%
December	12	819	4.34%
	Total	18867	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
6.66	3292	1.0	12.0	3.25	15575

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
proxy	-7	522	3.35%
don't know	-1	2632	16.87%
January	1	980	6.28%
February	2	821	5.26%
March	3	935	5.99%
April	4	1100	7.05%
May	5	892	5.72%
June	6	1042	6.68%
July	7	964	6.18%
August	8	1235	7.92%
September	9	2093	13.41%
October	10	1022	6.55%
November	11	743	4.76%
December	12	621	3.98%
	Total	15603	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
6.58	3155	1.0	12.0	3.22	12448

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	8	0.05%
proxy	-7	435	2.78%
don't know	-1	2527	16.17%
January	1	992	6.35%
February	2	756	4.84%
March	3	919	5.88%
April	4	1136	7.27%
May	5	854	5.47%
June	6	1019	6.52%
July	7	964	6.17%
August	8	1254	8.03%
September	9	2207	14.13%
October	10	1089	6.97%
November	11	778	4.98%
December	12	685	4.38%
	Total	15623	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
6.68	2970	1.0	12.0	3.23	12653

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	11	0.1%
proxy	-7	358	3.28%
refusal	-2	2	0.02%
don't know	-1	1573	14.42%
January	1	714	6.55%
February	2	529	4.85%
March	3	632	5.79%
April	4	824	7.56%
May	5	631	5.79%
June	6	779	7.14%
July	7	768	7.04%
August	8	834	7.65%
September	9	1478	13.55%
October	10	762	6.99%
November	11	548	5.02%
December	12	463	4.25%
	Total	10906	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
6.62	1944	1.0	12.0	3.21	8962

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	4	0.04%
proxy	-7	365	3.26%
refusal	-2	4	0.04%
don't know	-1	1615	14.43%
January	1	666	5.95%
February	2	566	5.06%
March	3	644	5.75%
April	4	857	7.66%
May	5	620	5.54%
June	6	762	6.81%
July	7	768	6.86%
August	8	866	7.74%
September	9	1613	14.41%
October	10	813	7.26%
November	11	560	5.0%
December	12	470	4.2%
	Total	11193	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
6.69	1988	1.0	12.0	3.19	9205

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	10	0.11%
proxy	-7	301	3.19%
refusal	-2	4	0.04%
don't know	-1	1286	13.63%
January	1	583	6.18%
February	2	487	5.16%
March	3	517	5.48%
April	4	711	7.53%
May	5	579	6.13%
June	6	616	6.53%
July	7	684	7.25%
August	8	758	8.03%
September	9	1391	14.74%
October	10	641	6.79%
November	11	465	4.93%
December	12	405	4.29%
	Total	9438	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
6.67	1601	1.0	12.0	3.19	7837

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
proxy	-7	422	4.56%
refusal	-2	1	0.01%
don't know	-1	1318	14.25%
January	1	604	6.53%
February	2	442	4.78%
March	3	488	5.28%
April	4	652	7.05%
May	5	510	5.51%
June	6	591	6.39%
July	7	614	6.64%
August	8	695	7.51%
September	9	1342	14.51%
October	10	723	7.82%
November	11	452	4.89%
December	12	393	4.25%
Summer	15	1	0.01%
	Total	9249	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
6.73	1742	1.0	15.0	3.23	7507

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	8	0.08%
proxy	-7	421	4.44%
refusal	-2	3	0.03%
don't know	-1	1257	13.26%
January	1	620	6.54%
February	2	477	5.03%
March	3	515	5.43%
April	4	673	7.1%
May	5	532	5.61%
June	6	637	6.72%
July	7	620	6.54%
August	8	759	8.01%
September	9	1356	14.3%
October	10	714	7.53%
November	11	481	5.07%
December	12	401	4.23%
Spring	14	1	0.01%
Summer	15	5	0.05%
Autumn	16	1	0.01%
	Total	9481	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
6.71	1689	1.0	16.0	3.23	7792

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	4	0.04%
proxy	-7	576	6.0%
refusal	-2	2	0.02%
don't know	-1	664	6.92%
January	1	657	6.84%
February	2	499	5.2%
March	3	559	5.82%
April	4	723	7.53%
May	5	529	5.51%
June	6	721	7.51%
July	7	714	7.44%
August	8	778	8.1%
September	9	1380	14.37%
October	10	745	7.76%
November	11	498	5.19%
December	12	467	4.86%
Winter	13	16	0.17%
Spring	14	21	0.22%
Summer	15	35	0.36%
Autumn	16	12	0.12%
	Total	9600	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
6.77	1246	1.0	16.0	3.31	8354

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	386	3.92%
refusal	-2	4	0.04%
don't know	-1	739	7.51%
January	1	640	6.5%
February	2	495	5.03%
March	3	599	6.08%
April	4	752	7.64%
May	5	565	5.74%
June	6	737	7.49%
July	7	765	7.77%
August	8	771	7.83%
September	9	1449	14.72%
October	10	715	7.26%
November	11	491	4.99%
December	12	450	4.57%
Winter	13	49	0.5%
Spring	14	71	0.72%
Summer	15	114	1.16%
Autumn	16	53	0.54%
	Total	9845	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
6.93	1129	1.0	16.0	3.45	8716

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	201	1.96%
proxy	-7	352	3.43%
refusal	-2	8	0.08%
don't know	-1	1099	10.71%
January	1	638	6.22%
February	2	534	5.2%
March	3	615	5.99%
April	4	767	7.47%
May	5	575	5.6%
June	6	791	7.71%
July	7	756	7.37%
August	8	791	7.71%
September	9	1339	13.05%
October	10	809	7.88%
November	11	551	5.37%
December	12	438	4.27%
	Total	10264	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
6.66	1660	1.0	12.0	3.2	8604

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Wave B18 (br_cjsbgm indresp)

Wave B17 (bq_cjsbgm indresp)

Wave B16 (bp_cjsbgm indresp)

Wave B15 (bo_cjsbgm indresp)

Wave B14 (bn_cjsbgm indresp)

Wave B13 (bm_cjsbgm indresp)

Wave B12 (bl_cjsbgm indresp)

Wave B11 (bk_cjsbgm indresp)

Wave B10 (bj_cjsbgm indresp)

Wave B9 (bi_cjsbgm indresp)

Wave B8 (bh_cjsbgm indresp)

Wave B7 (bg_cjsbgm indresp)

Wave B6 (bf_cjsbgm indresp)

Wave B5 (be_cjsbgm indresp)

Wave B4 (bd_cjsbgm indresp)

Wave B3 (bc_cjsbgm indresp)

Wave B2 (bb_cjsbgm indresp)

Wave B1 (ba_cjsbgm indresp)

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