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Mainstage Variable

hunurs

Who cares for ill children

Datafile

indresp

Index terms

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	24	0.17%
inapplicable	-8	12443	86.3%
proxy	-7	734	5.09%
Respondent	1	893	6.19%
Spouse/partner	2	86	0.6%
Mothers help/nanny	3	21	0.15%
Relative	4	146	1.01%
Friend/neighbour	5	3	0.02%
Other	6	29	0.2%
Varies	7	40	0.28%
	Total	14419	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	30	0.2%
inapplicable	-8	12887	86.65%
proxy	-7	683	4.59%
Respondent	1	896	6.02%
Spouse/partner	2	121	0.81%
Mothers help/nanny	3	31	0.21%
Relative	4	160	1.08%
Friend/neighbour	5	3	0.02%
Other	6	19	0.13%
Varies	7	43	0.29%
	Total	14873	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	31	0.2%
inapplicable	-8	13379	86.92%
proxy	-7	677	4.4%
Respondent	1	921	5.98%
Spouse/partner	2	119	0.77%
Mothers help/nanny	3	29	0.19%
Relative	4	175	1.14%
Friend/neighbour	5	2	0.01%
Other	6	17	0.11%
Varies	7	42	0.27%
	Total	15392	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	48	0.31%
inapplicable	-8	13566	86.87%
proxy	-7	672	4.3%
refusal	-2	1	0.01%
Respondent	1	927	5.94%
Spouse/partner	2	109	0.7%
Mothers help/nanny	3	18	0.12%
Relative	4	181	1.16%
Friend/neighbour	5	14	0.09%
Other	6	29	0.19%
Varies	7	52	0.33%
	Total	15617	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	53	0.34%
inapplicable	-8	13681	86.64%
proxy	-7	682	4.32%
Respondent	1	974	6.17%
Spouse/partner	2	133	0.84%
Mothers help/nanny	3	21	0.13%
Relative	4	177	1.12%
Friend/neighbour	5	9	0.06%
Other	6	22	0.14%
Varies	7	39	0.25%
	Total	15791	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	54	0.33%
inapplicable	-8	14243	87.71%
proxy	-7	508	3.13%
Respondent	1	1015	6.25%
Spouse/partner	2	117	0.72%
Mothers help/nanny	3	23	0.14%
Relative	4	195	1.2%
Friend/neighbour	5	5	0.03%
Other	6	27	0.17%
Varies	7	51	0.31%
	Total	16238	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	33	0.2%
inapplicable	-8	14556	87.7%
proxy	-7	515	3.1%
Respondent	1	1042	6.28%
Spouse/partner	2	134	0.81%
Mothers help/nanny	3	31	0.19%
Relative	4	210	1.27%
Friend/neighbour	5	6	0.04%
Other	6	21	0.13%
Varies	7	49	0.3%
	Total	16597	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	50	0.27%
inapplicable	-8	16843	89.27%
proxy	-7	326	1.73%
refusal	-2	1	0.01%
Respondent	1	1152	6.11%
Spouse/partner	2	123	0.65%
Mothers help/nanny	3	19	0.1%
Relative	4	258	1.37%
Friend/neighbour	5	9	0.05%
Other	6	22	0.12%
Varies	7	64	0.34%
	Total	18867	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	42	0.27%
inapplicable	-8	13988	89.65%
proxy	-7	212	1.36%
Respondent	1	944	6.05%
Spouse/partner	2	125	0.8%
Mothers help/nanny	3	22	0.14%
Relative	4	195	1.25%
Friend/neighbour	5	14	0.09%
Other	6	25	0.16%
Varies	7	36	0.23%
	Total	15603	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	47	0.3%
inapplicable	-8	14141	90.51%
proxy	-7	87	0.56%
Respondent	1	951	6.09%
Spouse/partner	2	120	0.77%
Mothers help/nanny	3	19	0.12%
Relative	4	185	1.18%
Friend/neighbour	5	13	0.08%
Other	6	21	0.13%
Varies	7	39	0.25%
	Total	15623	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	27	0.25%
inapplicable	-8	9882	90.61%
proxy	-7	76	0.7%
don't know	-1	2	0.02%
Respondent	1	645	5.91%
Spouse/partner	2	82	0.75%
Mothers help/nanny	3	13	0.12%
Relative	4	103	0.94%
Friend/neighbour	5	13	0.12%
Other	6	22	0.2%
Varies	7	41	0.38%
	Total	10906	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	22	0.2%
inapplicable	-8	10193	91.07%
proxy	-7	39	0.35%
don't know	-1	3	0.03%
Respondent	1	613	5.48%
Spouse/partner	2	92	0.82%
Mothers help/nanny	3	14	0.13%
Relative	4	143	1.28%
Friend/neighbour	5	7	0.06%
Other	6	17	0.15%
Varies	7	50	0.45%
	Total	11193	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	22	0.23%
inapplicable	-8	8588	90.99%
proxy	-7	52	0.55%
don't know	-1	2	0.02%
Respondent	1	515	5.46%
Spouse/partner	2	83	0.88%
Mothers help/nanny	3	9	0.1%
Relative	4	102	1.08%
Friend/neighbour	5	10	0.11%
Other	6	24	0.25%
Varies	7	31	0.33%
	Total	9438	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	19	0.21%
inapplicable	-8	8330	90.06%
proxy	-7	136	1.47%
don't know	-1	9	0.1%
Respondent	1	502	5.43%
Spouse/partner	2	80	0.86%
Mothers help/nanny	3	12	0.13%
Relative	4	108	1.17%
Friend/neighbour	5	7	0.08%
Other	6	19	0.21%
Varies	7	27	0.29%
	Total	9249	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	14	0.15%
inapplicable	-8	8596	90.67%
proxy	-7	112	1.18%
don't know	-1	1	0.01%
Respondent	1	529	5.58%
Spouse/partner	2	75	0.79%
Mothers help/nanny	3	8	0.08%
Relative	4	96	1.01%
Friend/neighbour	5	9	0.09%
Other	6	23	0.24%
Varies	7	18	0.19%
	Total	9481	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	15	0.16%
inapplicable	-8	8609	89.68%
proxy	-7	252	2.62%
Respondent	1	467	4.86%
Spouse/partner	2	83	0.86%
Mothers help/nanny	3	15	0.16%
Relative	4	100	1.04%
Friend/neighbour	5	10	0.1%
Other	6	16	0.17%
Varies	7	33	0.34%
	Total	9600	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	140	1.42%
inapplicable	-8	9097	92.4%
Respondent	1	418	4.25%
Spouse/partner	2	64	0.65%
Mothers help/nanny	3	12	0.12%
Relative	4	61	0.62%
Friend/neighbour	5	6	0.06%
Other	6	25	0.25%
Varies	7	22	0.22%
	Total	9845	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	39	0.38%
inapplicable	-8	9433	91.9%
Respondent	1	543	5.29%
Spouse/partner	2	89	0.87%
Mothers help/nanny	3	15	0.15%
Relative	4	93	0.91%
Friend/neighbour	5	17	0.17%
Other	6	35	0.34%
	Total	10264	100.0%

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