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Interview Characteristics and Conditions

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
No Interview	0	5758	28.54%
Ind and self comp	1	12756	63.22%
Ind only (no self comp)	2	698	3.46%
Proxy	3	231	1.14%
Telephone Interview	4	734	3.64%
	Total	20177	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
No Interview	0	5805	28.02%
Ind and self comp	1	13391	64.64%
Ind only (no self comp)	2	534	2.58%
Proxy	3	265	1.28%
Telephone Interview	4	683	3.3%
	Total	20715	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
No Interview	0	5997	28.04%
Ind and self comp	1	13778	64.42%
Ind only (no self comp)	2	637	2.98%
Proxy	3	300	1.4%
Telephone Interview	4	677	3.17%
	Total	21389	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
No Interview	0	6103	28.09%
Ind and self comp	1	14297	65.79%
Ind only (no self comp)	2	348	1.6%
Proxy	3	310	1.43%
Telephone Interview	4	672	3.09%
	Total	21730	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
No Interview	0	6336	28.63%
Ind and self comp	1	14405	65.1%
Ind only (no self comp)	2	372	1.68%
Proxy	3	332	1.5%
Telephone Interview	4	682	3.08%
	Total	22127	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
No Interview	0	6336	28.07%
Ind and self comp	1	15000	66.45%
Ind only (no self comp)	2	347	1.54%
Proxy	3	383	1.7%
Telephone Interview	4	508	2.25%
	Total	22574	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
No Interview	0	6838	29.18%
Ind and self comp	1	15269	65.15%
Ind only (no self comp)	2	439	1.87%
Proxy	3	374	1.6%
Telephone Interview	4	515	2.2%
	Total	23435	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
No Interview	0	7719	29.03%
Ind and self comp	1	17683	66.51%
Ind only (no self comp)	2	383	1.44%
Proxy	3	475	1.79%
Telephone Interview	4	326	1.23%
	Total	26586	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
No Interview	0	5999	27.77%
Ind and self comp	1	14852	68.75%
Ind only (no self comp)	2	229	1.06%
Proxy	3	310	1.44%
Telephone Interview	4	212	0.98%
	Total	21602	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
No Interview	0	5943	27.56%
Ind and self comp	1	14880	69.0%
Ind only (no self comp)	2	308	1.43%
Proxy	3	348	1.61%
Telephone Interview	4	87	0.4%
	Total	21566	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
No Interview	0	3929	26.48%
Ind and self comp	1	10444	70.4%
Ind only (no self comp)	2	104	0.7%
Proxy	3	282	1.9%
Telephone Interview	4	76	0.51%
	Total	14835	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
No Interview	0	3849	25.59%
Ind and self comp	1	10717	71.25%
Ind only (no self comp)	2	111	0.74%
Proxy	3	326	2.17%
Telephone Interview	4	39	0.26%
	Total	15042	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
No Interview	0	3282	25.8%
Ind and self comp	1	9066	71.27%
Ind only (no self comp)	2	71	0.56%
Proxy	3	249	1.96%
Telephone Interview	4	52	0.41%
	Total	12720	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
No Interview	0	3300	26.3%
Ind and self comp	1	8750	69.73%
Ind only (no self comp)	2	77	0.61%
Proxy	3	286	2.28%
Telephone Interview	4	136	1.08%
	Total	12549	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
No Interview	0	3370	26.22%
Ind and self comp	1	8973	69.82%
Ind only (no self comp)	2	87	0.68%
Proxy Interview	3	309	2.4%
Telephone Interview	4	112	0.87%
	Total	12851	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
No Interview	0	3504	26.74%
Ind and self comp	1	8956	68.35%
Ind only (no self comp)	2	68	0.52%
Proxy Interview	3	324	2.47%
Telephone Interview	4	252	1.92%
	Total	13104	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
No Interview	0	3315	25.21%
Ind and self comp	1	9327	70.92%
Ind only (no self comp)	2	123	0.94%
Proxy	3	386	2.94%
	Total	13151	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	3576	25.84%
Individual only	1	166	1.2%
Proxy questaire	2	352	2.54%
Indl and self comp	4	9746	70.42%
	Total	13840	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Ind and self comp	1	12756	88.47%
Ind only (no self comp)	2	698	4.84%
Proxy	3	231	1.6%
Telephone Interview	4	734	5.09%
	Total	14419	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Ind and self comp	1	13391	90.04%
Ind only (no self comp)	2	534	3.59%
Proxy	3	265	1.78%
Telephone Interview	4	683	4.59%
	Total	14873	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Ind and self comp	1	13778	89.51%
Ind only (no self comp)	2	637	4.14%
Proxy	3	300	1.95%
Telephone Interview	4	677	4.4%
	Total	15392	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Ind and self comp	1	14287	91.48%
Ind only (no self comp)	2	348	2.23%
Proxy	3	310	1.99%
Telephone Interview	4	672	4.3%
	Total	15617	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Ind and self comp	1	14405	91.22%
Ind only (no self comp)	2	372	2.36%
Proxy	3	332	2.1%
Telephone Interview	4	682	4.32%
	Total	15791	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Ind and self comp	1	15000	92.38%
Ind only (no self comp)	2	347	2.14%
Proxy	3	383	2.36%
Telephone interview	4	508	3.13%
	Total	16238	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Ind and self comp	1	15269	92.0%
Ind only (no self comp)	2	439	2.65%
Proxy	3	374	2.25%
Telephone interview	4	515	3.1%
	Total	16597	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Ind and self comp	1	17683	93.72%
Ind only (no self comp)	2	383	2.03%
Proxy	3	475	2.52%
Telephone interview	4	326	1.73%
	Total	18867	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Ind and self comp	1	14852	95.19%
Ind only (no self comp)	2	229	1.47%
Proxy	3	310	1.99%
Telephone interview	4	212	1.36%
	Total	15603	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Ind and self comp	1	14880	95.24%
Ind only (no self comp)	2	308	1.97%
Proxy	3	348	2.23%
Telephone interview	4	87	0.56%
	Total	15623	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Ind and self comp	1	10444	95.76%
Ind only (no self comp)	2	104	0.95%
Proxy	3	282	2.59%
Telephone interview	4	76	0.7%
	Total	10906	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Ind and self comp	1	10717	95.75%
Ind only (no self comp)	2	111	0.99%
Proxy	3	326	2.91%
Telephone interview	4	39	0.35%
	Total	11193	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Ind and self comp	1	9066	96.06%
Ind only (no self comp)	2	71	0.75%
Proxy	3	249	2.64%
Telephone interview	4	52	0.55%
	Total	9438	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Ind and self comp	1	8750	94.6%
Ind only (no self comp)	2	77	0.83%
Proxy	3	286	3.09%
Telephone interview	4	136	1.47%
	Total	9249	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Ind and self comp	1	8973	94.64%
Ind only (no self comp)	2	87	0.92%
Proxy Interview	3	309	3.26%
Telphone Interview	4	112	1.18%
	Total	9481	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Ind and self comp	1	8956	93.29%
Ind only (no self comp)	2	68	0.71%
Proxy Interview	3	324	3.38%
Telephone Interview	4	252	2.62%
	Total	9600	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Ind and self comp	1	9336	94.83%
Ind only (no self comp)	2	123	1.25%
Proxy	3	386	3.92%
	Total	9845	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Individual only	1	166	1.62%
Proxy questionnaire	2	352	3.43%
Individual and self comp	4	9746	94.95%
	Total	10264	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
no interview	0	5377	35.34%
ind and self comp	1	9327	61.31%
ind only (no self comp)	2	123	0.81%
proxy	3	386	2.54%
	Total	15213	100.0%

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