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fim03t

estimated income in march 2008

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income

Index term

Incomes

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	135	0.65%
included elsewhere	-3	938	4.54%
[Value >= 0]	1	19587	94.81%
	Total	20660	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
257.27	1073	0	9999.0	337.8	19587

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	122	0.58%
included elsewhere	-3	923	4.37%
[Value >= 0]	1	20088	95.06%
	Total	21133	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
244.6	1045	0	7000.0	308.41	20088

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	196	0.87%
included elsewhere	-3	1374	6.12%
[Value >= 0]	1	20882	93.01%
	Total	22452	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
236.03	1570	0	6600.0	293.7	20882

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	169	0.83%
included elsewhere	-3	893	4.38%
[Value >= 0]	1	19320	94.79%
	Total	20382	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
232.25	1062	0	7000.0	295.57	19320

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	36	0.18%
included elsewhere	-3	1011	5.19%
[Value >= 0]	1	18431	94.62%
	Total	19478	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
237.88	1047	0	7472.1240234375	306.09	18431

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
included elsewhere	-3	943	4.81%
[Value >= 0]	1	18653	95.18%
	Total	19597	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
234.16	944	0	25733.189453125	452.22	18653

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	73	0.4%
included elsewhere	-3	871	4.73%
[Value >= 0]	1	17470	94.87%
	Total	18414	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
233.21	944	0	9000.0	281.77	17470

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	35	0.16%
included elsewhere	-3	1081	4.9%
[Value >= 0]	1	20950	94.94%
	Total	22066	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
217.2	1116	0	17497.392578125	291.85	20950

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	77	0.41%
included elsewhere	-3	842	4.49%
[Value >= 0]	1	17848	95.1%
	Total	18767	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
199.52	919	0	8000.0	253.21	17848

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	76	0.41%
included elsewhere	-3	480	2.57%
[Value >= 0]	1	18112	97.02%
	Total	18668	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
188.44	556	0	19485.0	277.53	18112

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	205	1.73%
included elsewhere	-3	506	4.26%
[Value >= 0]	1	11162	94.01%
	Total	11873	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
189.66	711	0	30743.0	422.48	11162

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	201	1.57%
included elsewhere	-3	403	3.16%
[Value >= 0]	1	12169	95.27%
	Total	12773	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
170.87	604	0	7900.0	208.1	12169

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	190	1.95%
included elsewhere	-3	247	2.54%
[Value >= 0]	1	9286	95.51%
	Total	9723	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
172.77	437	0	6800.0	228.18	9286

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	183	1.9%
included elsewhere	-3	137	1.43%
[Value >= 0]	1	9291	96.67%
	Total	9611	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
160.95	320	0	9800.0	225.77	9291

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	140	1.48%
included elsewhere	-3	130	1.38%
[Value >= 0]	1	9167	97.14%
	Total	9437	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
156.26	270	0	2997.6923828125	183.96	9167

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	188	2.01%
included elsewhere	-3	126	1.35%
[Value >= 0]	1	9022	96.64%
	Total	9336	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
152.06	314	0	5500.0	200.07	9022

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	147	1.48%
included elsewhere	-3	111	1.12%
[Value >= 0]	1	9681	97.4%
	Total	9939	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
142.2	258	0	9999.0	218.5	9681

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	154	1.47%
included elsewhere	-3	103	0.98%
[Value >= 0]	1	10205	97.54%
	Total	10462	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
121.7	257	0	3700.0	151.0	10205

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