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Mainstage Variable

hlsvcn

Welfare service:meals on wheels NHS/priv

Datafile

indresp

Index terms

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	13401	92.94%
proxy	-7	965	6.69%
don't know	-1	2	0.01%
NHS or SSD	1	31	0.21%
Private/voluntary	2	18	0.12%
Both NHS & private	3	1	0.01%
	Total	14419	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	13868	93.24%
proxy	-7	948	6.37%
don't know	-1	3	0.02%
NHS or SSD	1	37	0.25%
Private/voluntary	2	16	0.11%
	Total	14873	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	14350	93.23%
proxy	-7	977	6.35%
don't know	-1	4	0.03%
NHS or SSD	1	31	0.2%
Private/voluntary	2	29	0.19%
	Total	15392	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	14558	93.22%
proxy	-7	982	6.29%
NHS or SSD	1	54	0.35%
Private/voluntary	2	21	0.13%
Both NHS & private	3	1	0.01%
	Total	15617	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	14712	93.17%
proxy	-7	1014	6.42%
don't know	-1	3	0.02%
NHS or SSD	1	39	0.25%
Private/voluntary	2	22	0.14%
	Total	15791	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	6	0.04%
inapplicable	-8	15279	94.09%
proxy	-7	891	5.49%
don't know	-1	4	0.02%
NHS or SSD	1	43	0.26%
Private/voluntary	2	14	0.09%
Both NHS & private	3	1	0.01%
	Total	16238	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	15635	94.2%
proxy	-7	889	5.36%
don't know	-1	1	0.01%
NHS or SSD	1	48	0.29%
Private/voluntary	2	22	0.13%
	Total	16597	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	17977	95.28%
proxy	-7	801	4.25%
don't know	-1	2	0.01%
NHS or SSD	1	59	0.31%
Private/voluntary	2	26	0.14%
Both NHS & private	3	1	0.01%
	Total	18867	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	14	0.09%
inapplicable	-8	15004	96.16%
proxy	-7	522	3.35%
NHS or SSD	1	40	0.26%
Private/voluntary	2	21	0.13%
Both NHS & private	3	2	0.01%
	Total	15603	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	22	0.14%
inapplicable	-8	15079	96.52%
proxy	-7	435	2.78%
don't know	-1	4	0.03%
NHS or SSD	1	56	0.36%
Private/voluntary	2	24	0.15%
Both NHS & private	3	3	0.02%
	Total	15623	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	4	0.04%
inapplicable	-8	10489	96.18%
proxy	-7	358	3.28%
don't know	-1	2	0.02%
NHS or SSD	1	34	0.31%
Private/voluntary	2	15	0.14%
Both NHS & private	3	4	0.04%
	Total	10906	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.02%
inapplicable	-8	10768	96.2%
proxy	-7	365	3.26%
don't know	-1	2	0.02%
NHS or SSD	1	34	0.3%
Private/voluntary	2	21	0.19%
Both NHS & private	3	1	0.01%
	Total	11193	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	9079	96.2%
proxy	-7	301	3.19%
don't know	-1	2	0.02%
NHS or SSD	1	39	0.41%
Private/voluntary	2	14	0.15%
Both NHS & private	3	2	0.02%
	Total	9438	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.02%
inapplicable	-8	8766	94.78%
proxy	-7	422	4.56%
don't know	-1	2	0.02%
NHS or SSD	1	41	0.44%
Private/voluntary	2	15	0.16%
Both NHS & private	3	1	0.01%
	Total	9249	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	10	0.11%
inapplicable	-8	8988	94.8%
proxy	-7	421	4.44%
don't know	-1	4	0.04%
NHS or SSD	1	40	0.42%
Private/voluntary	2	16	0.17%
Both NHS & private	3	2	0.02%
	Total	9481	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3	0.03%
inapplicable	-8	8969	93.43%
proxy	-7	576	6.0%
don't know	-1	2	0.02%
NHS or SSD	1	38	0.4%
Private/voluntary	2	12	0.12%
	Total	9600	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	6	0.06%
inapplicable	-8	9403	95.51%
proxy	-7	386	3.92%
don't know	-1	2	0.02%
NHS or SSD	1	32	0.33%
Private/voluntary	2	16	0.16%
	Total	9845	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	4	0.04%
inapplicable	-8	9851	95.98%
proxy	-7	352	3.43%
don't know	-1	5	0.05%
NHS or SSD	1	36	0.35%
Private/voluntary	2	16	0.16%
	Total	10264	100.0%

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