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Mainstage Variable

ivfa

H/hold finance section: respondent alone

Datafile

indresp

Index term

Interview Characteristics and Conditions

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3	0.02%
proxy	-7	965	6.69%
Not mentioned	0	4015	27.85%
Respondent alone	1	9436	65.44%
	Total	14419	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	5	0.03%
proxy	-7	948	6.37%
Not mentioned	0	4219	28.37%
Respondent alone	1	9701	65.23%
	Total	14873	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	8	0.05%
proxy	-7	977	6.35%
Not mentioned	0	4386	28.5%
Respondent alone	1	10021	65.11%
	Total	15392	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
proxy	-7	982	6.29%
Not mentioned	0	4529	29.0%
Respondent alone	1	10105	64.71%
	Total	15617	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3	0.02%
proxy	-7	1014	6.42%
Not mentioned	0	4841	30.66%
Respondent alone	1	9933	62.9%
	Total	15791	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	4	0.02%
proxy	-7	891	5.49%
Not mentioned	0	4999	30.79%
Respondent alone	1	10344	63.7%
	Total	16238	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	5274	31.78%
proxy	-7	889	5.36%
Respondent alone	1	10432	62.85%
	Total	16597	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	6473	34.31%
proxy	-7	801	4.25%
Respondent alone	1	11591	61.44%
	Total	18867	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	5805	37.2%
proxy	-7	522	3.35%
Respondent alone	1	9276	59.45%
	Total	15603	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3	0.02%
inapplicable	-8	5808	37.18%
proxy	-7	435	2.78%
Respondent alone	1	9377	60.02%
	Total	15623	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	17	0.16%
inapplicable	-8	4042	37.06%
proxy	-7	358	3.28%
Respondent alone	1	6489	59.5%
	Total	10906	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	52	0.46%
inapplicable	-8	4163	37.19%
proxy	-7	365	3.26%
Respondent alone	1	6613	59.08%
	Total	11193	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	15	0.16%
inapplicable	-8	3494	37.02%
proxy	-7	301	3.19%
Respondent alone	1	5628	59.63%
	Total	9438	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	76	0.82%
inapplicable	-8	3536	38.23%
proxy	-7	422	4.56%
Respondent alone	1	5215	56.38%
	Total	9249	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	46	0.49%
inapplicable	-8	3831	40.41%
proxy	-7	421	4.44%
Respondent alone	1	5183	54.67%
	Total	9481	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	86	0.9%
inapplicable	-8	3929	40.93%
proxy	-7	576	6.0%
Respondent alone	1	5009	52.18%
	Total	9600	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	70	0.71%
inapplicable	-8	4026	40.89%
proxy	-7	386	3.92%
Respondent alone	1	5363	54.47%
	Total	9845	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	4	0.04%
proxy	-7	352	3.43%
Not mentioned	0	4858	47.33%
Respondent alone	1	5050	49.2%
	Total	10264	100.0%

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