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Mainstage Variable

issued2w

issued to this wave?

Datafile

indsamp

Index term

Interview Characteristics and Conditions

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
no	0	1053	1.51%
yes	1	68599	98.49%
	Total	69652	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
no	0	1352	2.41%
yes	1	54651	97.59%
	Total	56003	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
no	0	1361	2.37%
yes	1	56055	97.63%
	Total	57416	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
no	0	1343	2.24%
yes	1	58649	97.76%
	Total	59992	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
no	0	1529	2.38%
yes	1	62620	97.62%
	Total	64149	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
no	0	2046	2.97%
yes	1	66822	97.03%
	Total	68868	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
no	0	2343	3.08%
yes	1	73664	96.92%
	Total	76007	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
no	0	3081	3.34%
yes	1	89253	96.66%
	Total	92334	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
no	0	393	0.47%
yes	1	83448	99.53%
	Total	83841	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
no	0	7275	8.69%
yes	1	76469	91.31%
	Total	83744	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
no	0	11887	12.42%
yes	1	83843	87.58%
	Total	95730	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
no	0	362	0.38%
yes	1	95116	99.62%
	Total	95478	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
no	0	129	0.12%
yes	1	104416	99.88%
	Total	104545	100.0%

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