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Mainstage Variable

hscnte

Would like meat on alternate days

Datafile

hhresp

Index term

Financial Management: Material Wellbeing

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	56	0.69%
inapplicable	-8	7039	86.43%
proxy	-7	538	6.61%
Yes	1	141	1.73%
No	2	370	4.54%
	Total	8144	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.72	7633	1.0	2.0	0.45	511

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	55	0.66%
inapplicable	-8	7336	87.9%
proxy	-7	484	5.8%
Yes	1	102	1.22%
No	2	369	4.42%
	Total	8346	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.78	7875	1.0	2.0	0.41	471

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	55	0.64%
inapplicable	-8	7585	88.17%
proxy	-7	462	5.37%
Yes	1	120	1.39%
No	2	381	4.43%
	Total	8603	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.76	8102	1.0	2.0	0.43	501

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	59	0.68%
inapplicable	-8	7647	87.81%
proxy	-7	442	5.08%
Yes	1	116	1.33%
No	2	445	5.11%
	Total	8709	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.79	8148	1.0	2.0	0.41	561

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	60	0.67%
inapplicable	-8	7828	87.98%
proxy	-7	448	5.04%
Yes	1	108	1.21%
No	2	453	5.09%
	Total	8897	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.81	8336	1.0	2.0	0.39	561

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	60	0.66%
inapplicable	-8	8039	88.88%
proxy	-7	301	3.33%
Yes	1	118	1.3%
No	2	527	5.83%
	Total	9045	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.82	8400	1.0	2.0	0.39	645

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	56	0.6%
inapplicable	-8	8282	88.56%
proxy	-7	351	3.75%
Yes	1	142	1.52%
No	2	521	5.57%
	Total	9352	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.79	8689	1.0	2.0	0.41	663

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	61	0.57%
inapplicable	-8	9438	88.78%
proxy	-7	246	2.31%
Yes	1	224	2.11%
No	2	662	6.23%
	Total	10631	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.75	9745	1.0	2.0	0.43	886

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	30	0.34%
inapplicable	-8	7761	88.59%
proxy	-7	154	1.76%
Yes	1	201	2.29%
No	2	615	7.02%
	Total	8761	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.75	7945	1.0	2.0	0.43	816

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	26	0.3%
inapplicable	-8	7826	88.96%
proxy	-7	55	0.63%
Yes	1	229	2.6%
No	2	661	7.51%
	Total	8797	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.74	7907	1.0	2.0	0.44	890

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	44	0.73%
inapplicable	-8	5301	88.28%
proxy	-7	59	0.98%
Yes	1	160	2.66%
No	2	441	7.34%
	Total	6005	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.73	5404	1.0	2.0	0.44	601

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	24	0.39%
inapplicable	-8	5334	87.59%
proxy	-7	31	0.51%
Yes	1	237	3.89%
No	2	464	7.62%
	Total	6090	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.66	5389	1.0	2.0	0.47	701

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	53	1.05%
inapplicable	-8	4350	85.9%
proxy	-7	40	0.79%
Yes	1	153	3.02%
No	2	468	9.24%
	Total	5064	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.75	4443	1.0	2.0	0.43	621

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