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Mainstage Variable

hlsvd

Welfare service: used social worker

Datafile

indresp

Index terms

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	965	6.69%
Not mentioned	0	13159	91.26%
Used socl wrker etc	1	295	2.05%
	Total	14419	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	948	6.37%
Not mentioned	0	13601	91.45%
Used socl wrker etc	1	324	2.18%
	Total	14873	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	977	6.35%
Not mentioned	0	14093	91.56%
Used socl wrker etc	1	322	2.09%
	Total	15392	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	982	6.29%
Not mentioned	0	14309	91.62%
Used socl wrker etc	1	326	2.09%
	Total	15617	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	1014	6.42%
Not mentioned	0	14462	91.58%
Used socl wrker etc	1	315	1.99%
	Total	15791	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
proxy	-7	891	5.49%
Not mentioned	0	15026	92.54%
Used socl wrker etc	1	320	1.97%
	Total	16238	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	889	5.36%
Not mentioned	0	15348	92.47%
Used socl wrker etc	1	360	2.17%
	Total	16597	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
proxy	-7	801	4.25%
Not mentioned	0	17660	93.6%
Used socl wrker etc	1	405	2.15%
	Total	18867	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	14	0.09%
proxy	-7	522	3.35%
Not mentioned	0	14730	94.4%
Used socl wrker etc	1	337	2.16%
	Total	15603	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	22	0.14%
proxy	-7	435	2.78%
Not mentioned	0	14789	94.66%
Used socl wrker etc	1	377	2.41%
	Total	15623	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3	0.03%
proxy	-7	358	3.28%
Not mentioned	0	10321	94.64%
Used socl wrker etc	1	224	2.05%
	Total	10906	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.02%
proxy	-7	365	3.26%
Not mentioned	0	10568	94.42%
Used socl wrker etc	1	258	2.31%
	Total	11193	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	301	3.19%
Not mentioned	0	8957	94.9%
Used socl wrker etc	1	180	1.91%
	Total	9438	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	422	4.56%
Not mentioned	0	8650	93.52%
Used socl wrker etc	1	177	1.91%
	Total	9249	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	9	0.09%
proxy	-7	421	4.44%
Not mentioned	0	8883	93.69%
Used socl wrker etc	1	168	1.77%
	Total	9481	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3	0.03%
proxy	-7	576	6.0%
Not mentioned	0	8856	92.25%
Used socl wrker etc	1	165	1.72%
	Total	9600	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	7	0.07%
Not mentioned	0	9661	98.13%
Used socl wrker etc	1	177	1.8%
	Total	9845	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	7	0.07%
Not mentioned	0	10043	97.85%
Used socl wrker etc	1	214	2.08%
	Total	10264	100.0%

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