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hscand

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hhresp

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Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	80	0.98%
inapplicable	-8	9	0.11%
proxy	-7	538	6.61%
refusal	-2	1	0.01%
Yes	1	7061	86.7%
No	2	455	5.59%
	Total	8144	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	76	0.91%
inapplicable	-8	13	0.16%
proxy	-7	484	5.8%
refusal	-2	6	0.07%
Yes	1	7367	88.27%
No	2	400	4.79%
	Total	8346	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	70	0.81%
inapplicable	-8	16	0.19%
proxy	-7	462	5.37%
refusal	-2	2	0.02%
Yes	1	7624	88.62%
No	2	429	4.99%
	Total	8603	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	71	0.82%
inapplicable	-8	15	0.17%
proxy	-7	442	5.08%
refusal	-2	2	0.02%
Yes	1	7761	89.11%
No	2	418	4.8%
	Total	8709	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	73	0.82%
inapplicable	-8	25	0.28%
proxy	-7	448	5.04%
refusal	-2	2	0.02%
Yes	1	7902	88.82%
No	2	447	5.02%
	Total	8897	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	79	0.87%
inapplicable	-8	13	0.14%
proxy	-7	301	3.33%
refusal	-2	1	0.01%
Yes	1	8143	90.03%
No	2	508	5.62%
	Total	9045	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	74	0.79%
inapplicable	-8	16	0.17%
proxy	-7	351	3.75%
refusal	-2	11	0.12%
Yes	1	8366	89.46%
No	2	534	5.71%
	Total	9352	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	88	0.83%
inapplicable	-8	22	0.21%
proxy	-7	246	2.31%
Yes	1	9580	90.11%
No	2	695	6.54%
	Total	10631	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	66	0.75%
inapplicable	-8	19	0.22%
proxy	-7	153	1.75%
Yes	1	7827	89.34%
No	2	696	7.94%
	Total	8761	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	68	0.77%
inapplicable	-8	19	0.22%
proxy	-7	54	0.61%
Yes	1	7905	89.86%
No	2	751	8.54%
	Total	8797	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	41	0.68%
inapplicable	-8	21	0.35%
proxy	-7	59	0.98%
refusal	-2	2	0.03%
don't know	-1	2	0.03%
Yes	1	5357	89.21%
No	2	523	8.71%
	Total	6005	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	22	0.36%
inapplicable	-8	23	0.38%
proxy	-7	31	0.51%
don't know	-1	1	0.02%
Yes	1	5398	88.64%
No	2	615	10.1%
	Total	6090	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	34	0.67%
inapplicable	-8	14	0.28%
proxy	-7	40	0.79%
Yes	1	4477	88.41%
No	2	499	9.85%
	Total	5064	100.0%

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