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Mainstage Variable

hubuys_bh

Who does the grocery shopping (couples)

Datafile

indresp

Index terms

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	45	0.31%
inapplicable	-8	4868	33.76%
proxy	-7	965	6.69%
Mostly self	1	2806	19.46%
Mostly partner	2	2257	15.65%
Shared	3	3393	23.53%
Paid help only	4	9	0.06%
Other	5	76	0.53%
	Total	14419	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	152	1.02%
inapplicable	-8	4982	33.5%
proxy	-7	948	6.37%
refusal	-2	1	0.01%
Mostly self	1	2925	19.67%
Mostly partner	2	2343	15.75%
Shared	3	3435	23.1%
Paid help only	4	9	0.06%
Other	5	78	0.52%
	Total	14873	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	97	0.63%
inapplicable	-8	5268	34.23%
proxy	-7	977	6.35%
refusal	-2	2	0.01%
Mostly self	1	3000	19.49%
Mostly partner	2	2438	15.84%
Shared	3	3523	22.89%
Paid help only	4	12	0.08%
Other	5	75	0.49%
	Total	15392	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	77	0.49%
inapplicable	-8	5388	34.5%
proxy	-7	982	6.29%
Mostly self	1	3130	20.04%
Mostly partner	2	2602	16.66%
Shared	3	3360	21.52%
Paid help only	4	13	0.08%
Other	5	65	0.42%
	Total	15617	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	82	0.52%
inapplicable	-8	5307	33.61%
proxy	-7	1014	6.42%
Mostly self	1	3127	19.8%
Mostly partner	2	2546	16.12%
Shared	3	3634	23.01%
Paid help only	4	5	0.03%
Other	5	76	0.48%
	Total	15791	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	67	0.41%
inapplicable	-8	5513	33.95%
proxy	-7	891	5.49%
Mostly self	1	3274	20.16%
Mostly partner	2	2666	16.42%
Shared	3	3745	23.06%
Paid help only	4	6	0.04%
Other	5	76	0.47%
	Total	16238	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	77	0.46%
inapplicable	-8	5610	33.8%
proxy	-7	889	5.36%
Mostly self	1	3319	20.0%
Mostly partner	2	2765	16.66%
Shared	3	3867	23.3%
Paid help only	4	4	0.02%
Other	5	66	0.4%
	Total	16597	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	70	0.37%
inapplicable	-8	6644	35.21%
proxy	-7	801	4.25%
Mostly self	1	3724	19.74%
Mostly partner	2	3075	16.3%
Shared	3	4446	23.56%
Paid help only	4	6	0.03%
Other	5	101	0.54%
	Total	18867	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	48	0.31%
inapplicable	-8	5468	35.04%
proxy	-7	522	3.35%
Mostly self	1	3094	19.83%
Mostly partner	2	2530	16.21%
Shared	3	3884	24.89%
Paid help only	4	6	0.04%
Other	5	51	0.33%
	Total	15603	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	87	0.56%
inapplicable	-8	5508	35.26%
proxy	-7	435	2.78%
Mostly self	1	3081	19.72%
Mostly partner	2	2537	16.24%
Shared	3	3888	24.89%
Paid help only	4	12	0.08%
Other	5	75	0.48%
	Total	15623	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	15	0.14%
inapplicable	-8	3776	34.62%
proxy	-7	358	3.28%
don't know	-1	1	0.01%
Mostly self	1	2191	20.09%
Mostly partner	2	1772	16.25%
Shared	3	2736	25.09%
Paid help only	4	3	0.03%
Other	5	54	0.5%
	Total	10906	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	23	0.21%
inapplicable	-8	4020	35.92%
proxy	-7	365	3.26%
don't know	-1	1	0.01%
Mostly self	1	2211	19.75%
Mostly partner	2	1833	16.38%
Shared	3	2698	24.1%
Paid help only	4	5	0.04%
Other	5	37	0.33%
	Total	11193	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	16	0.17%
inapplicable	-8	3302	34.99%
proxy	-7	301	3.19%
don't know	-1	1	0.01%
Mostly self	1	1929	20.44%
Mostly partner	2	1558	16.51%
Shared	3	2286	24.22%
Paid help only	4	1	0.01%
Other	5	44	0.47%
	Total	9438	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	11	0.12%
inapplicable	-8	3183	34.41%
proxy	-7	422	4.56%
Mostly self	1	1884	20.37%
Mostly partner	2	1560	16.87%
Shared	3	2144	23.18%
Other	4	41	0.44%
Paid help only	5	4	0.04%
	Total	9249	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	11	0.12%
inapplicable	-8	3321	35.03%
proxy	-7	421	4.44%
Mostly self	1	1888	19.91%
Mostly partner	2	1547	16.32%
Shared	3	2268	23.92%
Other	5	25	0.26%
	Total	9481	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	11	0.11%
inapplicable	-8	3481	33.91%
proxy	-7	352	3.43%
refusal	-2	1	0.01%
Mostly self	1	2103	20.49%
Mostly partner	2	1756	17.11%
Shared	3	2506	24.42%
Other	4	54	0.53%
	Total	10264	100.0%

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