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Mainstage Variable

ftexaw

Wks covered by m'ntenance to 1st non-res

Datafile

indresp

Index terms

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3	0.02%
inapplicable	-8	13186	91.45%
proxy	-7	965	6.69%
[Value >= 0]	1	265	1.84%
	Total	14419	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
4.56	14154	1.0	52.0	6.75	265

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3	0.02%
inapplicable	-8	13650	91.78%
proxy	-7	948	6.37%
[Value >= 0]	1	272	1.83%
	Total	14873	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
5.16	14601	1.0	52.0	8.79	272

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	6	0.04%
inapplicable	-8	14121	91.74%
proxy	-7	977	6.35%
[Value >= 0]	1	288	1.87%
	Total	15392	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
4.59	15104	1.0	99.9000015258789	8.12	288

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	59	0.38%
inapplicable	-8	14290	91.5%
proxy	-7	982	6.29%
[Value >= 0]	1	286	1.83%
	Total	15617	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
4.63	15331	1.0	52.0	7.12	286

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	19	0.12%
inapplicable	-8	14480	91.7%
proxy	-7	1014	6.42%
Weekly	1	64	0.41%
Fortnightly	2	2	0.01%
Yearly	4	1	0.01%
[Value >= 0]	1	278	1.76%
	Total	15791	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
4.57	15513	1.0	52.0	7.19	278

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	25	0.15%
inapplicable	-8	15042	92.63%
proxy	-7	891	5.49%
Period uncodeable	-5	1	0.01%
Weekly	1	74	0.46%
Fortnightly	2	4	0.02%
[Value >= 0]	1	280	1.72%
	Total	16238	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
4.27	15958	-5.0	52.0	6.66	280

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	21	0.13%
inapplicable	-8	15399	92.78%
proxy	-7	889	5.36%
Weekly	1	75	0.45%
Fortnightly	2	4	0.02%
[Value >= 0]	1	288	1.74%
	Total	16597	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
4.09	16309	1.0	52.0	5.88	288

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	30	0.16%
inapplicable	-8	17710	93.87%
proxy	-7	801	4.25%
Weekly	1	90	0.48%
Fortnightly	2	4	0.02%
[Value >= 0]	1	326	1.73%
	Total	18867	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
4.31	18541	1.0	52.0	6.74	326

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	18	0.12%
inapplicable	-8	14754	94.56%
proxy	-7	522	3.35%
[Value >= 0]	1	309	1.98%
	Total	15603	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
5.0	15294	1.0	52.0	8.77	309

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	104	0.67%
inapplicable	-8	14778	94.59%
proxy	-7	435	2.78%
don't know	-1	1	0.01%
[Value >= 0]	1	305	1.95%
	Total	15623	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
4.6	15318	1.0	88.80000305175781	8.47	305

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	23	0.21%
inapplicable	-8	10315	94.58%
proxy	-7	358	3.28%
refusal	-2	2	0.02%
don't know	-1	4	0.04%
[Value >= 0]	1	204	1.87%
	Total	10906	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
5.29	10702	1.0	52.0	9.76	204

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	16	0.14%
inapplicable	-8	10609	94.78%
proxy	-7	365	3.26%
refusal	-2	1	0.01%
don't know	-1	2	0.02%
[Value >= 0]	1	200	1.79%
	Total	11193	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
4.69	10993	-5.0	52.0	9.19	200

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	17	0.18%
inapplicable	-8	8940	94.72%
proxy	-7	301	3.19%
refusal	-2	1	0.01%
don't know	-1	3	0.03%
[Value >= 0]	1	176	1.86%
	Total	9438	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
5.74	9262	1.0	52.0	11.5	176

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	9	0.1%
inapplicable	-8	8650	93.52%
proxy	-7	422	4.56%
refusal	-2	1	0.01%
don't know	-1	3	0.03%
[Value >= 0]	1	164	1.77%
	Total	9249	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
5.07	9085	1.0	52.0	10.07	164

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	8	0.08%
inapplicable	-8	8532	89.99%
proxy	-7	421	4.44%
Period uncodeable	-3	4	0.04%
don't know	-1	17	0.18%
[Value >= 0]	1	499	5.26%
	Total	9481	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
10.25	8982	-5.0	52.0	16.39	499

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	12	0.12%
inapplicable	-8	8806	91.73%
proxy	-7	576	6.0%
Period uncodeable	-3	6	0.06%
[Value >= 0]	1	200	2.08%
	Total	9600	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
8.47	9400	1.0	90.0	15.6	200

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	14	0.14%
inapplicable	-8	9309	94.56%
proxy	-7	386	3.92%
Period uncodeable	-3	2	0.02%
refusal	-2	1	0.01%
[Value >= 0]	1	133	1.35%
	Total	9845	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
4.58	9712	1.0	52.0	8.81	133

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