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Mainstage Variable

hhb

hh ben income

Datafile

hhresp

Index term

Incomes: Benefits and Allowances and Pensions

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
107.05	1826	0	1777.5858	114.31	6318

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
102.35	1761	0	1163.7693	108.22	6585

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
99.59	1769	0	1059.4425	107.8	6834

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
93.17	1729	0	5306.813	119.09	6980

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
89.44	1811	0	1977.247	103.27	7086

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
88.69	1655	0	5988.3896	150.32	7390

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
79.12	1862	0	864.7158	86.77	7490

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
78.97	1885	0	4336.661	96.2	8746

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
71.04	1311	0	744.32306	78.0	7450

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
66.24	1297	0	660.3461	72.9	7500

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
67.12	783	0	7300.401	185.83	5222

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
60.05	748	0	617.8461	66.75	5342

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
53.47	692	0	510.28738	61.03	4372

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
52.09	774	0	539.8461	59.8	4259

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
51.01	749	0	474.19617	56.69	4378

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
48.41	878	0	949.045	55.33	4354

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
46.2	671	0	464.2973	51.48	4556

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
42.83	685	0	1013.1388	48.61	4826

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