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frw

weeks covered by last amount received

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income

Index term

Incomes

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	53	0.26%
inapplicable	-8	1208	5.85%
one-off payment	-4	76	0.37%
period uncodeable	-3	7	0.03%
[Value >= 0]	1	19316	93.49%
	Total	20660	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
4.52	1344	1.0	52.0	8.19	19316

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	44	0.21%
inapplicable	-8	1198	5.67%
one-off payment	-4	71	0.34%
period uncodeable	-3	2	0.01%
don't know	-1	1	0.0%
[Value >= 0]	1	19817	93.77%
	Total	21133	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
4.45	1316	0.5	99.8000030517578	8.06	19817

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	60	0.27%
inapplicable	-8	1643	7.32%
one-off payment	-4	69	0.31%
period uncodeable	-3	6	0.03%
[Value >= 0]	1	20674	92.08%
	Total	22452	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
4.48	1778	0.8999999761581421	88.80000305175781	8.15	20674

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	126	0.62%
inapplicable	-8	1029	5.05%
one-off payment	-4	78	0.38%
period uncodeable	-3	7	0.03%
refusal	-2	2	0.01%
[Value >= 0]	1	19140	93.91%
	Total	20382	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
4.43	1242	0.5	78.0	8.24	19140

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	45	0.23%
inapplicable	-8	1093	5.61%
one-off payment	-4	59	0.3%
period uncodeable	-3	11	0.06%
[Value >= 0]	1	18270	93.8%
	Total	19478	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
4.39	1208	0.8999999761581421	99.8000030517578	8.17	18270

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	38	0.19%
inapplicable	-8	1001	5.11%
one-off payment	-4	72	0.37%
period uncodeable	-3	46	0.23%
don't know	-1	1	0.01%
[Value >= 0]	1	18439	94.09%
	Total	19597	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
4.18	1158	0.3000000119209289	99.8000030517578	7.65	18439

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	29	0.16%
inapplicable	-8	896	4.87%
one-off payment	-4	48	0.26%
period uncodeable	-3	21	0.11%
[Value >= 0]	1	17420	94.6%
	Total	18414	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
4.25	994	0.4000000059604645	99.8000030517578	8.18	17420

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	407	1.84%
one-off payment	-4	62	0.28%
period uncodeable	-3	4	0.02%
don't know	-1	1	0.0%
[Value >= 0]	1	21592	97.85%
	Total	22066	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
4.15	474	0.1000000014901161	99.9000015258789	8.1	21592

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	347	1.85%
one-off payment	-4	62	0.33%
don't know	-1	31	0.17%
[Value >= 0]	1	18327	97.66%
	Total	18767	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
4.6	440	0.2000000029802322	99.9000015258789	9.11	18327

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	349	1.87%
one-off payment	-4	81	0.43%
period uncodeable	-3	1	0.01%
refusal	-2	1	0.01%
don't know	-1	27	0.14%
[Value >= 0]	1	18209	97.54%
	Total	18668	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
4.65	459	0.2000000029802322	88.80000305175781	9.2	18209

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	67	0.56%
one-off payment	-4	35	0.29%
period uncodeable	-3	4	0.03%
refusal	-2	1	0.01%
don't know	-1	24	0.2%
[Value >= 0]	1	11742	98.9%
	Total	11873	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
5.1	131	0.2000000029802322	90.0	10.41	11742

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	107	0.84%
one-off payment	-4	45	0.35%
refusal	-2	1	0.01%
don't know	-1	9	0.07%
[Value >= 0]	1	12611	98.73%
	Total	12773	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
5.0	162	0.4000000059604645	99.6999969482422	10.36	12611

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	76	0.78%
one-off payment	-4	52	0.53%
don't know	-1	14	0.14%
[Value >= 0]	1	9581	98.54%
	Total	9723	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
4.8	142	0.2000000029802322	77.69999694824219	9.54	9581

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	60	0.62%
one-off payment	-4	33	0.34%
refusal	-2	1	0.01%
don't know	-1	9	0.09%
[Value >= 0]	1	9508	98.93%
	Total	9611	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
4.68	103	0.2000000029802322	56.09999847412109	9.44	9508

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	52	0.55%
one-off payment	-4	28	0.3%
don't know	-1	7	0.07%
[Value >= 0]	1	9350	99.08%
	Total	9437	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
4.67	87	0.2000000029802322	100.0	9.51	9350

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	46	0.49%
period uncodeable	-3	61	0.65%
don't know	-1	5	0.05%
[Value >= 0]	1	9224	98.8%
	Total	9336	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
4.56	112	0.2000000029802322	86.5999984741211	9.33	9224

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	37	0.37%
period uncodeable	-3	160	1.61%
don't know	-1	8	0.08%
[Value >= 0]	1	9734	97.94%
	Total	9939	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
4.92	205	0.2000000029802322	99.9000015258789	10.21	9734

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	79	0.76%
period uncodeable	-3	60	0.57%
don't know	-1	10	0.1%
[Value >= 0]	1	10313	98.58%
	Total	10462	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
4.73	149	0.2000000029802322	97.0	10.1	10313

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