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Mainstage Variable

hlsvbf

Welfare service: home help free/paid

Datafile

indresp

Index terms

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	13263	91.98%
proxy	-7	965	6.69%
Free	1	108	0.75%
Paid	2	79	0.55%
Both	3	3	0.02%
	Total	14419	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	13723	92.27%
proxy	-7	948	6.37%
Free	1	105	0.71%
Paid	2	92	0.62%
Both	3	4	0.03%
	Total	14873	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	14170	92.06%
proxy	-7	977	6.35%
Free	1	131	0.85%
Paid	2	107	0.7%
Both	3	6	0.04%
	Total	15392	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	14421	92.34%
proxy	-7	982	6.29%
Free	1	131	0.84%
Paid	2	78	0.5%
Both	3	4	0.03%
	Total	15617	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	14561	92.21%
proxy	-7	1014	6.42%
Free	1	123	0.78%
Paid	2	89	0.56%
Both	3	2	0.01%
	Total	15791	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	6	0.04%
inapplicable	-8	15107	93.03%
proxy	-7	891	5.49%
Free	1	133	0.82%
Paid	2	97	0.6%
Both	3	4	0.02%
	Total	16238	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	15445	93.06%
proxy	-7	889	5.36%
Free	1	144	0.87%
Paid	2	111	0.67%
Both	3	6	0.04%
	Total	16597	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	17739	94.02%
proxy	-7	801	4.25%
Free	1	191	1.01%
Paid	2	132	0.7%
Both	3	3	0.02%
	Total	18867	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	14	0.09%
inapplicable	-8	14830	95.05%
proxy	-7	522	3.35%
Free	1	106	0.68%
Paid	2	124	0.79%
Both	3	7	0.04%
	Total	15603	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	25	0.16%
inapplicable	-8	14885	95.28%
proxy	-7	435	2.78%
Free	1	122	0.78%
Paid	2	143	0.92%
Both	3	13	0.08%
	Total	15623	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	11	0.1%
inapplicable	-8	10341	94.82%
proxy	-7	358	3.28%
Free	1	95	0.87%
Paid	2	84	0.77%
Both	3	17	0.16%
	Total	10906	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	14	0.13%
inapplicable	-8	10612	94.81%
proxy	-7	365	3.26%
Free	1	95	0.85%
Paid	2	94	0.84%
Both	3	13	0.12%
	Total	11193	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	4	0.04%
inapplicable	-8	8970	95.04%
proxy	-7	301	3.19%
Free	1	80	0.85%
Paid	2	77	0.82%
Both	3	6	0.06%
	Total	9438	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	4	0.04%
inapplicable	-8	8664	93.67%
proxy	-7	422	4.56%
Free	1	83	0.9%
Paid	2	66	0.71%
Both	3	10	0.11%
	Total	9249	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	16	0.17%
inapplicable	-8	8892	93.79%
proxy	-7	421	4.44%
Free	1	72	0.76%
Paid	2	71	0.75%
Both	3	9	0.09%
	Total	9481	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	6	0.06%
inapplicable	-8	8861	92.3%
proxy	-7	576	6.0%
Free	1	84	0.88%
Paid	2	62	0.65%
Both	3	11	0.11%
	Total	9600	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	14	0.14%
inapplicable	-8	9270	94.16%
proxy	-7	386	3.92%
Free	1	88	0.89%
Paid	2	78	0.79%
Both	3	9	0.09%
	Total	9845	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	15	0.15%
inapplicable	-8	9711	94.61%
proxy	-7	352	3.43%
Free	1	96	0.94%
Paid	2	80	0.78%
Both	3	10	0.1%
	Total	10264	100.0%

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