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Mainstage Variable

hllt

Health limits daily activities

Datafile

indresp

Index terms

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Yes	1	2590	17.96%
No	2	11829	82.04%
	Total	14419	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
don't know	-1	1	0.01%
Yes	1	2708	18.21%
No	2	12164	81.79%
	Total	14873	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
don't know	-1	5	0.03%
Yes	1	2968	19.28%
No	2	12419	80.68%
	Total	15392	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3	0.02%
refusal	-2	1	0.01%
don't know	-1	4	0.03%
Yes	1	2865	18.35%
No	2	12744	81.6%
	Total	15617	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.01%
refusal	-2	3	0.02%
don't know	-1	1	0.01%
Yes	1	2929	18.04%
No	2	13303	81.93%
	Total	16238	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.01%
refusal	-2	1	0.01%
don't know	-1	4	0.02%
Yes	1	3006	18.11%
No	2	13584	81.85%
	Total	16597	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
don't know	-1	4	0.02%
Yes	1	3649	19.34%
No	2	15214	80.64%
	Total	18867	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
don't know	-1	16	0.1%
Yes	1	2867	18.37%
No	2	12719	81.52%
	Total	15603	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.02%
Yes	1	1820	16.69%
No	2	9084	83.29%
	Total	10906	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
don't know	-1	1	0.01%
Yes	1	1938	17.31%
No	2	9253	82.67%
	Total	11193	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
don't know	-1	1	0.01%
Yes	1	1378	14.6%
No	2	8059	85.39%
	Total	9438	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	5	0.05%
Yes	1	1332	14.4%
No	2	7912	85.54%
	Total	9249	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	9	0.09%
Yes	1	1343	14.17%
No	2	8129	85.74%
	Total	9481	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	4	0.04%
don't know	-1	1	0.01%
Yes	1	1324	13.79%
No	2	8271	86.16%
	Total	9600	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
Yes	1	1380	14.02%
No	2	8464	85.97%
	Total	9845	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	7	0.07%
Yes	1	1419	13.83%
No	2	8838	86.11%
	Total	10264	100.0%

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