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ienddatm

Date at end of individual interview (month)

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indresp

Index term

Interview Characteristics and Conditions

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	414	1.17%
January	1	3453	9.73%
February	2	2979	8.4%
March	3	3538	9.97%
April	4	2479	6.99%
May	5	3310	9.33%
June	6	2520	7.1%
July	7	2985	8.42%
August	8	3366	9.49%
September	9	2408	6.79%
October	10	3120	8.8%
November	11	2814	7.93%
December	12	2085	5.88%
	Total	35471	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
6.23	414	1.0	12.0	3.42	35057

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	277	0.99%
January	1	2516	8.99%
February	2	2441	8.72%
March	3	2890	10.32%
April	4	2057	7.35%
May	5	2315	8.27%
June	6	2337	8.35%
July	7	2059	7.35%
August	8	2344	8.37%
September	9	2212	7.9%
October	10	2154	7.69%
November	11	2465	8.8%
December	12	1931	6.9%
	Total	27998	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
6.31	277	1.0	12.0	3.47	27721

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	346	1.18%
January	1	2958	10.11%
February	2	2653	9.06%
March	3	2322	7.93%
April	4	3034	10.37%
May	5	2561	8.75%
June	6	2414	8.25%
July	7	2198	7.51%
August	8	2155	7.36%
September	9	2318	7.92%
October	10	2485	8.49%
November	11	2310	7.89%
December	12	1517	5.18%
	Total	29271	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
6.11	346	1.0	12.0	3.41	28925

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	352	1.1%
January	1	2869	8.96%
February	2	2459	7.68%
March	3	2692	8.41%
April	4	3003	9.38%
May	5	2764	8.64%
June	6	2605	8.14%
July	7	2619	8.18%
August	8	2432	7.6%
September	9	2559	7.99%
October	10	2732	8.54%
November	11	2723	8.51%
December	12	2199	6.87%
	Total	32008	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
6.37	352	1.0	12.0	3.43	31656

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	360	1.05%
inapplicable	-8	18	0.05%
January	1	3389	9.87%
February	2	2766	8.06%
March	3	3074	8.96%
April	4	3013	8.78%
May	5	2853	8.31%
June	6	2669	7.78%
July	7	2875	8.38%
August	8	2796	8.15%
September	9	2673	7.79%
October	10	2961	8.63%
November	11	2697	7.86%
December	12	2175	6.34%
	Total	34319	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
6.26	378	1.0	12.0	3.44	33941

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	223	0.62%
inapplicable	-8	34	0.09%
January	1	3512	9.74%
February	2	2886	8.0%
March	3	3265	9.05%
April	4	2865	7.95%
May	5	2987	8.28%
June	6	2810	7.79%
July	7	2874	7.97%
August	8	3165	8.78%
September	9	2730	7.57%
October	10	3143	8.72%
November	11	3047	8.45%
December	12	2517	6.98%
	Total	36058	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
6.35	257	1.0	12.0	3.47	35801

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	143	0.36%
inapplicable	-8	22	0.06%
January	1	3700	9.42%
February	2	3534	8.99%
March	3	3239	8.24%
April	4	3214	8.18%
May	5	3286	8.36%
June	6	3354	8.54%
July	7	3389	8.62%
August	8	3225	8.21%
September	9	3474	8.84%
October	10	3151	8.02%
November	11	3397	8.65%
December	12	2166	5.51%
	Total	39294	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
6.28	165	1.0	12.0	3.4	39129

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	4	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	39339	93.29%
January	1	225	0.53%
February	2	254	0.6%
March	3	266	0.63%
April	4	222	0.53%
May	5	252	0.6%
June	6	245	0.58%
July	7	239	0.57%
August	8	206	0.49%
September	9	234	0.55%
October	10	268	0.64%
November	11	256	0.61%
December	12	160	0.38%
	Total	42170	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
6.36	39343	1.0	12.0	3.39	2827

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	4450	9.85%
January	1	4266	9.44%
February	2	3718	8.23%
March	3	3759	8.32%
April	4	3107	6.88%
May	5	3325	7.36%
June	6	3318	7.34%
July	7	3095	6.85%
August	8	3096	6.85%
September	9	3405	7.53%
October	10	3352	7.42%
November	11	3478	7.7%
December	12	2823	6.25%
	Total	45192	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
6.25	4450	1.0	12.0	3.51	40742

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3955	8.82%
January	1	4005	8.93%
February	2	3192	7.12%
March	3	3818	8.52%
April	4	3459	7.71%
May	5	3047	6.8%
June	6	3464	7.73%
July	7	3484	7.77%
August	8	3256	7.26%
September	9	3269	7.29%
October	10	3521	7.85%
November	11	3337	7.44%
December	12	3030	6.76%
	Total	44837	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
6.36	3955	1.0	12.0	3.47	40882

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