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Mainstage Variable

humops_bh

Who does the cleaning (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	3203	22.21%
Mostly partner	2	2587	17.94%
Shared	3	2415	16.75%
Paid help only	4	269	1.87%
Other	5	67	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	3346	22.5%
Mostly partner	2	2723	18.31%
Shared	3	2386	16.04%
Paid help only	4	270	1.82%
Other	5	65	0.44%
	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	3415	22.19%
Mostly partner	2	2788	18.11%
Shared	3	2461	15.99%
Paid help only	4	287	1.86%
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	3526	22.58%
Mostly partner	2	2860	18.31%
Shared	3	2440	15.62%
Paid help only	4	278	1.78%
Other	5	66	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	3594	22.76%
Mostly partner	2	2899	18.36%
Shared	3	2490	15.77%
Paid help only	4	307	1.94%
Other	5	98	0.62%
	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	3674	22.63%
Mostly partner	2	3001	18.48%
Shared	3	2665	16.41%
Paid help only	4	335	2.06%
Other	5	92	0.57%
	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	3814	22.98%
Mostly partner	2	3150	18.98%
Shared	3	2633	15.86%
Paid help only	4	328	1.98%
Other	5	96	0.58%
	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	4313	22.86%
Mostly partner	2	3492	18.51%
Shared	3	3073	16.29%
Paid help only	4	339	1.8%
Other	5	135	0.72%
	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	3617	23.18%
Mostly partner	2	3007	19.27%
Shared	3	2564	16.43%
Paid help only	4	300	1.92%
Other	5	77	0.49%
	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	3701	23.69%
Mostly partner	2	3006	19.24%
Shared	3	2517	16.11%
Paid help only	4	302	1.93%
Other	5	67	0.43%
	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	2588	23.73%
Mostly partner	2	2118	19.42%
Shared	3	1726	15.83%
Paid help only	4	238	2.18%
Other	5	84	0.77%
	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	2576	23.01%
Mostly partner	2	2156	19.26%
Shared	3	1726	15.42%
Paid help only	4	247	2.21%
Other	5	75	0.67%
	Total	11193	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	17	0.18%
inapplicable	-8	3302	34.99%
proxy	-7	301	3.19%
don't know	-1	1	0.01%
Mostly self	1	2265	24.0%
Mostly partner	2	1858	19.69%
Shared	3	1410	14.94%
Paid help only	4	203	2.15%
Other	5	81	0.86%
	Total	9438	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	13	0.14%
inapplicable	-8	3183	34.41%
proxy	-7	422	4.56%
Mostly self	1	2244	24.26%
Mostly partner	2	1830	19.79%
Shared	3	1317	14.24%
Other	4	64	0.69%
Paid help only	5	176	1.9%
	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	2265	23.89%
Mostly partner	2	1847	19.48%
Shared	3	1375	14.5%
Paid help only	4	159	1.68%
Other	5	80	0.84%
	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	2496	24.32%
Mostly partner	2	2105	20.51%
Shared	3	1571	15.31%
Other	4	241	2.35%
	Total	10264	100.0%

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