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hscntf

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hhresp

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Financial Management: Material Wellbeing

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	56	0.69%
inapplicable	-8	5900	72.45%
proxy	-7	538	6.61%
Yes	1	310	3.81%
No	2	1340	16.45%
	Total	8144	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.81	6494	1.0	2.0	0.39	1650

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	56	0.67%
inapplicable	-8	6103	73.12%
proxy	-7	484	5.8%
Yes	1	278	3.33%
No	2	1425	17.07%
	Total	8346	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.84	6643	1.0	2.0	0.37	1703

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	55	0.64%
inapplicable	-8	6297	73.2%
proxy	-7	462	5.37%
Yes	1	297	3.45%
No	2	1492	17.34%
	Total	8603	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.83	6814	1.0	2.0	0.37	1789

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	59	0.68%
inapplicable	-8	6320	72.57%
proxy	-7	442	5.08%
Yes	1	348	4.0%
No	2	1540	17.68%
	Total	8709	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.82	6821	1.0	2.0	0.39	1888

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	60	0.67%
inapplicable	-8	6397	71.9%
proxy	-7	448	5.04%
Yes	1	305	3.43%
No	2	1687	18.96%
	Total	8897	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.85	6905	1.0	2.0	0.36	1992

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	60	0.66%
inapplicable	-8	6640	73.41%
proxy	-7	301	3.33%
Yes	1	338	3.74%
No	2	1706	18.86%
	Total	9045	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.83	7001	1.0	2.0	0.37	2044

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	59	0.63%
inapplicable	-8	6737	72.04%
proxy	-7	351	3.75%
Yes	1	402	4.3%
No	2	1803	19.28%
	Total	9352	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.82	7147	1.0	2.0	0.39	2205

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	69	0.65%
inapplicable	-8	7521	70.75%
proxy	-7	246	2.31%
Yes	1	596	5.61%
No	2	2199	20.68%
	Total	10631	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.79	7836	1.0	2.0	0.41	2795

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	39	0.45%
inapplicable	-8	6246	71.29%
proxy	-7	154	1.76%
Yes	1	507	5.79%
No	2	1815	20.72%
	Total	8761	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.78	6439	1.0	2.0	0.41	2322

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	30	0.34%
inapplicable	-8	6302	71.64%
proxy	-7	55	0.63%
Yes	1	632	7.18%
No	2	1778	20.21%
	Total	8797	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.74	6387	1.0	2.0	0.44	2410

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	72	1.2%
inapplicable	-8	4268	71.07%
proxy	-7	59	0.98%
Yes	1	366	6.09%
No	2	1240	20.65%
	Total	6005	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.77	4399	1.0	2.0	0.42	1606

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	58	0.95%
inapplicable	-8	4267	70.07%
proxy	-7	31	0.51%
refusal	-2	1	0.02%
don't know	-1	3	0.05%
Yes	1	436	7.16%
No	2	1294	21.25%
	Total	6090	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.75	4360	1.0	2.0	0.43	1730

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	92	1.82%
inapplicable	-8	3379	66.73%
proxy	-7	40	0.79%
Yes	1	322	6.36%
No	2	1231	24.31%
	Total	5064	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.79	3511	1.0	2.0	0.41	1553

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