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edlyr

Attended any educ inst. f/t since 1.9.98

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indresp

Index term

Education: Recent Education and Training

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	22	0.15%
inapplicable	-8	1180	8.18%
proxy	-7	734	5.09%
Yes	1	284	1.97%
No	2	12199	84.6%
	Total	14419	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	22	0.15%
inapplicable	-8	1344	9.04%
proxy	-7	683	4.59%
Yes	1	285	1.92%
No	2	12539	84.31%
	Total	14873	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	34	0.22%
inapplicable	-8	1416	9.2%
proxy	-7	677	4.4%
Yes	1	271	1.76%
No	2	12994	84.42%
	Total	15392	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	48	0.31%
inapplicable	-8	1493	9.56%
proxy	-7	672	4.3%
Yes	1	291	1.86%
No	2	13113	83.97%
	Total	15617	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	18	0.11%
inapplicable	-8	1437	9.1%
Yes	1	277	1.75%
No	2	14059	89.03%
	Total	15791	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	34	0.21%
inapplicable	-8	1528	9.41%
Yes	1	313	1.93%
No	2	14363	88.45%
	Total	16238	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	37	0.22%
inapplicable	-8	1549	9.33%
Yes	1	305	1.84%
No	2	14706	88.61%
	Total	16597	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	221	1.17%
inapplicable	-8	4741	25.13%
Yes	1	315	1.67%
No	2	13590	72.03%
	Total	18867	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1072	6.87%
inapplicable	-8	948	6.08%
Yes	1	313	2.01%
No	2	13270	85.05%
	Total	15603	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	5165	33.06%
inapplicable	-8	757	4.85%
Yes	1	227	1.45%
No	2	9474	60.64%
	Total	15623	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	413	3.79%
inapplicable	-8	708	6.49%
don't know	-1	1	0.01%
Yes	1	187	1.71%
No	2	9597	88.0%
	Total	10906	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	5	0.04%
inapplicable	-8	2854	25.5%
Yes	1	180	1.61%
No	2	8154	72.85%
	Total	11193	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	8	0.08%
inapplicable	-8	1132	11.99%
Yes	1	177	1.88%
No	2	8121	86.05%
	Total	9438	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	12	0.13%
inapplicable	-8	1022	11.05%
Yes	1	178	1.92%
No	2	8037	86.9%
	Total	9249	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	10	0.11%
inapplicable	-8	1137	11.99%
Yes	1	171	1.8%
No	2	8163	86.1%
	Total	9481	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	14	0.15%
inapplicable	-8	1132	11.79%
Yes	1	193	2.01%
No	2	8261	86.05%
	Total	9600	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	6	0.06%
inapplicable	-8	1171	11.89%
proxy	-7	386	3.92%
Yes	1	157	1.59%
No	2	8125	82.53%
	Total	9845	100.0%

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