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Mainstage Variable

hlsvj

Welfare service: used other service (i)

Datafile

indresp

Index terms

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	965	6.69%
Not mentioned	0	13099	90.85%
Used other service	1	355	2.46%
	Total	14419	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	948	6.37%
Not mentioned	0	13575	91.27%
Used other service	1	350	2.35%
	Total	14873	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	977	6.35%
Not mentioned	0	14055	91.31%
Used other service	1	360	2.34%
	Total	15392	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	982	6.29%
Not mentioned	0	14301	91.57%
Used other service	1	334	2.14%
	Total	15617	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	1014	6.42%
Not mentioned	0	14329	90.74%
Used other service	1	448	2.84%
	Total	15791	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
proxy	-7	891	5.49%
Not mentioned	0	15004	92.4%
Used consultant	1	342	2.11%
	Total	16238	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	889	5.36%
Not mentioned	0	15406	92.82%
Used consultant	1	302	1.82%
	Total	16597	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
proxy	-7	801	4.25%
Not mentioned	0	17714	93.89%
One other service	1	351	1.86%
	Total	18867	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	14	0.09%
proxy	-7	522	3.35%
Not mentioned	0	14765	94.63%
One other service	1	302	1.94%
	Total	15603	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	22	0.14%
proxy	-7	435	2.78%
Not mentioned	0	14799	94.73%
One other service	1	367	2.35%
	Total	15623	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3	0.03%
proxy	-7	358	3.28%
Not mentioned	0	10368	95.07%
One other service	1	177	1.62%
	Total	10906	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.02%
proxy	-7	365	3.26%
Not mentioned	0	10637	95.03%
One other service	1	189	1.69%
	Total	11193	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	301	3.19%
Not mentioned	0	8997	95.33%
One other service	1	140	1.48%
	Total	9438	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	422	4.56%
Not mentioned	0	8747	94.57%
One other service	1	80	0.86%
	Total	9249	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	9	0.09%
proxy	-7	421	4.44%
Not mentioned	0	8913	94.01%
One other service	1	138	1.46%
	Total	9481	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3	0.03%
proxy	-7	576	6.0%
Not mentioned	0	8816	91.83%
One other service	1	205	2.14%
	Total	9600	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	7	0.07%
refusal	-2	8	0.08%
Not mentioned	0	9608	97.59%
One other service	1	222	2.25%
	Total	9845	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	8	0.08%
Not mentioned	0	10060	98.01%
One other service	1	196	1.91%
	Total	10264	100.0%

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