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Mainstage Variable

fiyr

Annual income (1.9.98-1.9.99)

Datafile

indresp

Index term

Incomes

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	191	1.32%
proxy	-7	965	6.69%
[Value >= 0]	1	13263	91.98%
	Total	14419	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
16674.31	1156	0	407999.5	15922.51	13263

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	232	1.56%
proxy	-7	948	6.37%
[Value >= 0]	1	13693	92.07%
	Total	14873	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
16042.27	1180	0	331627.09375	15594.14	13693

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	132	0.86%
proxy	-7	977	6.35%
[Value >= 0]	1	14283	92.79%
	Total	15392	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
15290.69	1109	0	251531.84375	13982.66	14283

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	6	0.04%
proxy	-7	982	6.29%
[Value >= 0]	1	14629	93.67%
	Total	15617	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
14989.62	988	0	1009983.875	16735.2	14629

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
14408.15	1014	0	466797.21875	14225.32	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
13936.91	891	0	1191103.5	17529.09	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
13318.09	889	0	719676.375	14066.31	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
12282.53	801	0	514797.25	12574.5	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
11793.75	522	0	397319.75	11726.14	15081

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
proxy	-7	435	2.78%
[Value >= 0]	1	15187	97.21%
	Total	15623	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
11122.24	436	0	480395.28125	13638.04	15187

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
11024.13	358	0	442590.21875	13127.19	10548

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	7	0.06%
proxy	-7	365	3.26%
[Value >= 0]	1	10821	96.68%
	Total	11193	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
10555.95	372	0	245297.1875	10778.52	10821

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
10462.07	314	0	181107.78125	10181.79	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
10043.1	422	0	292060.0	10568.3	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
9464.41	421	0	159110.859375	9257.28	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
9187.32	576	0	138942.375	8801.19	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
8859.99	386	0	287481.78125	9262.27	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
8308.14	352	0	151376.390625	8361.38	9912

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