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Mainstage Variable

hlsv

Health service: used any since 1.9.98

Datafile

indresp

Index terms

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	965	6.69%
refusal	-2	1	0.01%
Yes	1	6235	43.24%
No	2	7218	50.06%
	Total	14419	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	948	6.37%
don't know	-1	1	0.01%
Yes	1	6618	44.5%
No	2	7306	49.12%
	Total	14873	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	977	6.35%
refusal	-2	1	0.01%
Yes	1	6739	43.78%
No	2	7675	49.86%
	Total	15392	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	982	6.29%
refusal	-2	1	0.01%
Yes	1	6807	43.59%
No	2	7827	50.12%
	Total	15617	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	1014	6.42%
refusal	-2	1	0.01%
Yes	1	7113	45.04%
No	2	7663	48.53%
	Total	15791	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
proxy	-7	891	5.49%
refusal	-2	4	0.02%
don't know	-1	1	0.01%
Yes	1	7256	44.69%
No	2	8085	49.79%
	Total	16238	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	889	5.36%
refusal	-2	1	0.01%
Yes	1	7341	44.23%
No	2	8366	50.41%
	Total	16597	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	801	4.25%
don't know	-1	1	0.01%
Yes	1	8265	43.81%
No	2	9800	51.94%
	Total	18867	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	522	3.35%
don't know	-1	6	0.04%
Yes	1	6998	44.85%
No	2	8077	51.77%
	Total	15603	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
proxy	-7	435	2.78%
don't know	-1	5	0.03%
Yes	1	7063	45.21%
No	2	8119	51.97%
	Total	15623	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
proxy	-7	358	3.28%
Yes	1	4823	44.22%
No	2	5724	52.48%
	Total	10906	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.02%
proxy	-7	365	3.26%
Yes	1	4771	42.62%
No	2	6055	54.1%
	Total	11193	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	301	3.19%
Yes	1	3737	39.6%
No	2	5400	57.22%
	Total	9438	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	422	4.56%
Yes	1	2281	24.66%
No	2	6546	70.78%
	Total	9249	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	9	0.09%
proxy	-7	421	4.44%
Yes	1	2204	23.25%
No	2	6847	72.22%
	Total	9481	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3	0.03%
proxy	-7	576	6.0%
Yes	1	2128	22.17%
No	2	6893	71.8%
	Total	9600	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3	0.03%
refusal	-2	1	0.01%
don't know	-1	1	0.01%
Yes	1	2219	22.54%
No	2	7621	77.41%
	Total	9845	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	7	0.07%
refusal	-2	1	0.01%
Yes	1	2325	22.65%
No	2	7931	77.27%
	Total	10264	100.0%

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