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Mainstage Variable

ivelig

whether permanent sample member

Datafile

indsamp

Index term

Interview Characteristics and Conditions

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	710	2.69%
Yes	1	22895	86.71%
No	2	2798	10.6%
	Total	26403	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	783	2.92%
Yes	1	23217	86.49%
No	2	2845	10.6%
	Total	26845	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.0%
inapplicable	-8	882	3.25%
Yes	1	23584	86.83%
No	2	2693	9.92%
	Total	27160	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	914	3.26%
Yes	1	24458	87.32%
No	2	2639	9.42%
	Total	28011	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	912	3.2%
Yes	1	25011	87.79%
No	2	2567	9.01%
	Total	28490	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	900	3.1%
Yes	1	25668	88.42%
No	2	2460	8.47%
	Total	29028	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	965	3.29%
yes	1	26089	89.06%
no	2	2240	7.65%
	Total	29294	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	6198	19.7%
yes	1	23010	73.15%
no	2	2250	7.15%
	Total	31458	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	1726	6.65%
yes	1	22406	86.29%
no	2	1835	7.07%
	Total	25967	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	7676	31.26%
yes	1	15105	61.52%
no	2	1772	7.22%
	Total	24553	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	723	4.14%
yes	1	15065	86.28%
no	2	1673	9.58%
	Total	17461	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	776	4.29%
yes	1	15669	86.7%
no	2	1628	9.01%
	Total	18073	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	755	4.82%
yes	1	13512	86.29%
no	2	1392	8.89%
	Total	15659	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	682	4.33%
yes	1	13783	87.48%
no	2	1291	8.19%
	Total	15756	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	728	4.58%
yes	1	14106	88.7%
no	2	1069	6.72%
	Total	15903	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	776	4.82%
yes	1	14483	89.9%
no	2	851	5.28%
	Total	16110	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	40	0.26%
inapplicable	-8	761	5.0%
continuing	1	10241	67.32%
new entrants	2	1054	6.93%
not eligible this yr	3	2965	19.49%
check if eligible	4	58	0.38%
deceased	5	15	0.1%
wave 1 non-contact	6	79	0.52%
	Total	15213	100.0%

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