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Mainstage Variable

hhch12

Child/ren under 12 in household

Datafile

indresp

Index terms

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	4868	33.76%
proxy	-7	965	6.69%
Yes	1	2826	19.6%
No	2	5760	39.95%
	Total	14419	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	73	0.49%
inapplicable	-8	4982	33.5%
proxy	-7	948	6.37%
Yes	1	2941	19.77%
No	2	5929	39.86%
	Total	14873	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	5266	34.21%
proxy	-7	977	6.35%
Yes	1	3039	19.74%
No	2	6110	39.7%
	Total	15392	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	5388	34.5%
proxy	-7	982	6.29%
Yes	1	3129	20.04%
No	2	6118	39.18%
	Total	15617	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	5307	33.61%
proxy	-7	1014	6.42%
Yes	1	3239	20.51%
No	2	6231	39.46%
	Total	15791	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	5513	33.95%
proxy	-7	891	5.49%
Yes	1	3407	20.98%
No	2	6427	39.58%
	Total	16238	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	5610	33.8%
proxy	-7	889	5.36%
Yes	1	3549	21.38%
No	2	6549	39.46%
	Total	16597	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	6644	35.21%
proxy	-7	801	4.25%
Yes	1	4077	21.61%
No	2	7345	38.93%
	Total	18867	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	5468	35.04%
proxy	-7	522	3.35%
Yes	1	3406	21.83%
No	2	6207	39.78%
	Total	15603	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	5508	35.26%
proxy	-7	435	2.78%
Yes	1	3302	21.14%
No	2	6378	40.82%
	Total	15623	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	3776	34.62%
proxy	-7	358	3.28%
Yes	1	2336	21.42%
No	2	4436	40.67%
	Total	10906	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	4020	35.92%
proxy	-7	365	3.26%
Yes	1	2397	21.42%
No	2	4410	39.4%
	Total	11193	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	3302	34.99%
proxy	-7	301	3.19%
Yes	1	2047	21.69%
No	2	3788	40.14%
	Total	9438	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	3183	34.41%
proxy	-7	422	4.56%
Yes	1	1992	21.54%
No	2	3652	39.49%
	Total	9249	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	3321	35.03%
proxy	-7	421	4.44%
Yes	1	2037	21.49%
No	2	3701	39.04%
	Total	9481	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	3410	34.64%
proxy	-7	386	3.92%
Yes	1	2126	21.59%
No	2	3923	39.85%
	Total	9845	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	16	0.16%
inapplicable	-8	3481	33.91%
proxy	-7	352	3.43%
Yes	1	2262	22.04%
No	2	4153	40.46%
	Total	10264	100.0%

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