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Mainstage Variable

huiron_bh

Who does the washing/ironing (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	3693	25.61%
Mostly partner	2	3002	20.82%
Shared	3	1714	11.89%
Paid help only	4	66	0.46%
Other	5	66	0.46%
	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	3803	25.57%
Mostly partner	2	3178	21.37%
Shared	3	1648	11.08%
Paid help only	4	80	0.54%
Other	5	81	0.54%
	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	3911	25.41%
Mostly partner	2	3249	21.11%
Shared	3	1699	11.04%
Paid help only	4	92	0.6%
Other	5	97	0.63%
	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	3996	25.59%
Mostly partner	2	3372	21.59%
Shared	3	1630	10.44%
Paid help only	4	98	0.63%
Other	5	74	0.47%
	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	4061	25.72%
Mostly partner	2	3395	21.5%
Shared	3	1744	11.04%
Paid help only	4	99	0.63%
Other	5	89	0.56%
	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	4241	26.12%
Mostly partner	2	3567	21.97%
Shared	3	1772	10.91%
Paid help only	4	93	0.57%
Other	5	94	0.58%
	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	4384	26.41%
Mostly partner	2	3718	22.4%
Shared	3	1736	10.46%
Paid help only	4	95	0.57%
Other	5	88	0.53%
	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	4946	26.22%
Mostly partner	2	4199	22.26%
Shared	3	1954	10.36%
Paid help only	4	126	0.67%
Other	5	127	0.67%
	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	4202	26.93%
Mostly partner	2	3569	22.87%
Shared	3	1630	10.45%
Paid help only	4	88	0.56%
Other	5	76	0.49%
	Total	15603	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	88	0.56%
inapplicable	-8	5508	35.26%
proxy	-7	435	2.78%
Mostly self	1	4233	27.09%
Mostly partner	2	3638	23.29%
Shared	3	1552	9.93%
Paid help only	4	86	0.55%
Other	5	83	0.53%
	Total	15623	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	17	0.16%
inapplicable	-8	3776	34.62%
proxy	-7	358	3.28%
don't know	-1	1	0.01%
Mostly self	1	3014	27.64%
Mostly partner	2	2530	23.2%
Shared	3	1048	9.61%
Paid help only	4	74	0.68%
Other	5	88	0.81%
	Total	10906	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	27	0.24%
inapplicable	-8	4020	35.92%
proxy	-7	365	3.26%
don't know	-1	1	0.01%
Mostly self	1	3022	27.0%
Mostly partner	2	2551	22.79%
Shared	3	1035	9.25%
Paid help only	4	73	0.65%
Other	5	99	0.88%
	Total	11193	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	20	0.21%
inapplicable	-8	3302	34.99%
proxy	-7	301	3.19%
Mostly self	1	2584	27.38%
Mostly partner	2	2184	23.14%
Shared	3	919	9.74%
Paid help only	4	44	0.47%
Other	5	84	0.89%
	Total	9438	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	12	0.13%
inapplicable	-8	3183	34.41%
proxy	-7	422	4.56%
don't know	-1	1	0.01%
Mostly self	1	2516	27.2%
Mostly partner	2	2109	22.8%
Shared	3	883	9.55%
Other	4	82	0.89%
Paid help only	5	41	0.44%
	Total	9249	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	13	0.14%
inapplicable	-8	3321	35.03%
proxy	-7	421	4.44%
Mostly self	1	2631	27.75%
Mostly partner	2	2213	23.34%
Shared	3	783	8.26%
Paid help only	4	37	0.39%
Other	5	62	0.65%
	Total	9481	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	17	0.17%
inapplicable	-8	3481	33.91%
proxy	-7	352	3.43%
refusal	-2	1	0.01%
Mostly self	1	2957	28.81%
Mostly partner	2	2551	24.85%
Shared	3	769	7.49%
Other	4	136	1.33%
	Total	10264	100.0%

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