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Mainstage Variable

fimnb

Benefit income: last month

Datafile

indresp

Index terms

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	231	1.6%
[Value >= 0]	1	14188	98.4%
	Total	14419	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
239.67	231	0	5154.6025390625	350.36	14188

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	265	1.78%
[Value >= 0]	1	14608	98.22%
	Total	14873	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
230.32	265	0	5043.0	337.87	14608

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	300	1.95%
[Value >= 0]	1	15092	98.05%
	Total	15392	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
223.0	300	0	4043.0	332.85	15092

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	310	1.99%
[Value >= 0]	1	15307	98.01%
	Total	15617	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
208.41	310	0	7000.0	318.35	15307

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	1014	6.42%
[Value >= 0]	1	14777	93.58%
	Total	15791	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
205.04	1014	0	8568.0703125	319.95	14777

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	891	5.49%
[Value >= 0]	1	15347	94.51%
	Total	16238	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
201.47	891	0	25949.689453125	464.75	15347

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	889	5.36%
[Value >= 0]	1	15708	94.64%
	Total	16597	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
181.4	889	0	3197.8701171875	268.68	15708

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	801	4.25%
[Value >= 0]	1	18066	95.75%
	Total	18867	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
182.61	801	0	18792.19921875	300.51	18066

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	522	3.35%
[Value >= 0]	1	15081	96.65%
	Total	15603	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
162.99	522	0	3192.51513671875	242.24	15081

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	435	2.78%
[Value >= 0]	1	15188	97.22%
	Total	15623	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
153.71	435	0	2598.0	230.26	15188

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	358	3.28%
[Value >= 0]	1	10548	96.72%
	Total	10906	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
144.76	358	0	31054.759765625	525.0	10548

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	365	3.26%
[Value >= 0]	1	10828	96.74%
	Total	11193	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
133.61	365	0	1564.0999755859375	199.11	10828

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	314	3.33%
[Value >= 0]	1	9124	96.67%
	Total	9438	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
115.89	314	0	2211.245361328125	178.77	9124

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	422	4.56%
[Value >= 0]	1	8827	95.44%
	Total	9249	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
114.61	422	0	1643.93994140625	175.52	8827

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	421	4.44%
[Value >= 0]	1	9060	95.56%
	Total	9481	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
111.85	421	0	1543.300048828125	167.86	9060

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	576	6.0%
[Value >= 0]	1	9024	94.0%
	Total	9600	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
107.33	576	0	3824.75	165.12	9024

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	386	3.92%
[Value >= 0]	1	9459	96.08%
	Total	9845	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
102.52	386	0	1903.7049560546875	152.39	9459

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	352	3.43%
[Value >= 0]	1	9912	96.57%
	Total	10264	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
97.93	352	0	2360.034912109375	146.22	9912

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