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Mainstage Variable

hlsvjf

Welfare service:other serv (i) free/paid

Datafile

indresp

Index terms

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	13098	90.84%
proxy	-7	965	6.69%
Free	1	315	2.18%
Paid	2	38	0.26%
Both	3	2	0.01%
	Total	14419	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	13574	91.27%
proxy	-7	948	6.37%
Free	1	304	2.04%
Paid	2	44	0.3%
Both	3	2	0.01%
	Total	14873	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	14054	91.31%
proxy	-7	977	6.35%
Free	1	312	2.03%
Paid	2	44	0.29%
Both	3	4	0.03%
	Total	15392	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	14300	91.57%
proxy	-7	982	6.29%
Free	1	299	1.91%
Paid	2	33	0.21%
Both	3	2	0.01%
	Total	15617	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	14328	90.74%
proxy	-7	1014	6.42%
Free	1	389	2.46%
Paid	2	55	0.35%
Both	3	4	0.03%
	Total	15791	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	6	0.04%
inapplicable	-8	14999	92.37%
proxy	-7	891	5.49%
Free	1	299	1.84%
Paid	2	41	0.25%
Both	3	2	0.01%
	Total	16238	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	15404	92.81%
proxy	-7	889	5.36%
Free	1	259	1.56%
Paid	2	39	0.23%
Both	3	4	0.02%
	Total	16597	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	17714	93.89%
proxy	-7	801	4.25%
Free	1	307	1.63%
Paid	2	43	0.23%
Both	3	1	0.01%
	Total	18867	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	16	0.1%
inapplicable	-8	14765	94.63%
proxy	-7	522	3.35%
Free	1	261	1.67%
Paid	2	36	0.23%
Both	3	3	0.02%
	Total	15603	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	22	0.14%
inapplicable	-8	14799	94.73%
proxy	-7	435	2.78%
Free	1	327	2.09%
Paid	2	38	0.24%
Both	3	2	0.01%
	Total	15623	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	13	0.12%
inapplicable	-8	10368	95.07%
proxy	-7	358	3.28%
Free	1	149	1.37%
Paid	2	13	0.12%
Both	3	5	0.05%
	Total	10906	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	9	0.08%
inapplicable	-8	10637	95.03%
proxy	-7	365	3.26%
Free	1	154	1.38%
Paid	2	27	0.24%
Both	3	1	0.01%
	Total	11193	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	8	0.08%
inapplicable	-8	8997	95.33%
proxy	-7	301	3.19%
Free	1	113	1.2%
Paid	2	19	0.2%
	Total	9438	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.02%
inapplicable	-8	8747	94.57%
proxy	-7	422	4.56%
Free	1	67	0.72%
Paid	2	9	0.1%
Both	3	2	0.02%
	Total	9249	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	19	0.2%
inapplicable	-8	8913	94.01%
proxy	-7	421	4.44%
Free	1	113	1.19%
Paid	2	15	0.16%
	Total	9481	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	14	0.15%
inapplicable	-8	8816	91.83%
proxy	-7	576	6.0%
Free	1	154	1.6%
Paid	2	33	0.34%
Both	3	7	0.07%
	Total	9600	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	14	0.14%
inapplicable	-8	9231	93.76%
proxy	-7	386	3.92%
Free	1	181	1.84%
Paid	2	28	0.28%
Both	3	5	0.05%
	Total	9845	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	14	0.14%
inapplicable	-8	9721	94.71%
proxy	-7	352	3.43%
refusal	-2	1	0.01%
Free	1	141	1.37%
Paid	2	29	0.28%
Both	3	6	0.06%
	Total	10264	100.0%

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