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fr18

payment received in february 2009

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income

Index term

Incomes

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	14	0.07%
inapplicable	-8	20273	98.13%
no	0	129	0.62%
yes	1	244	1.18%
	Total	20660	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	9	0.04%
inapplicable	-8	20823	98.53%
no	0	42	0.2%
yes	1	259	1.23%
	Total	21133	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	96	0.43%
inapplicable	-8	22055	98.23%
no	0	73	0.33%
yes	1	228	1.02%
	Total	22452	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	105	0.52%
inapplicable	-8	19809	97.19%
no	0	212	1.04%
yes	1	256	1.26%
	Total	20382	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3	0.02%
inapplicable	-8	19109	98.11%
no	0	144	0.74%
yes	1	222	1.14%
	Total	19478	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	19074	97.33%
no	0	278	1.42%
yes	1	245	1.25%
	Total	19597	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	73	0.4%
inapplicable	-8	17209	93.46%
no	0	303	1.65%
yes	1	829	4.5%
	Total	18414	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	33	0.15%
inapplicable	-8	20214	91.61%
no	0	430	1.95%
yes	1	1389	6.29%
	Total	22066	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	39	0.21%
inapplicable	-8	12203	65.02%
no	0	385	2.05%
yes	1	6140	32.72%
	Total	18767	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	11	0.06%
inapplicable	-8	15147	81.14%
	0	513	2.75%
yes	1	2997	16.05%
	Total	18668	100.0%

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