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Mainstage Variable

ivfc

H/hold finance section: adult present

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	12379	85.85%
Other adlts pres	1	1072	7.43%
	Total	14419	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	5	0.03%
proxy	-7	948	6.37%
Not mentioned	0	12802	86.08%
Other adlts pres	1	1118	7.52%
	Total	14873	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	8	0.05%
proxy	-7	977	6.35%
Not mentioned	0	13276	86.25%
Other adlts pres	1	1131	7.35%
	Total	15392	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
proxy	-7	982	6.29%
Not mentioned	0	13491	86.39%
Other adlts pres	1	1143	7.32%
	Total	15617	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3	0.02%
proxy	-7	1014	6.42%
Not mentioned	0	13599	86.12%
Other adlts pres	1	1175	7.44%
	Total	15791	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	4	0.02%
proxy	-7	891	5.49%
Not mentioned	0	14193	87.41%
Other adlts pres	1	1150	7.08%
	Total	16238	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	10432	62.85%
proxy	-7	889	5.36%
Not mentioned	0	4038	24.33%
Other adlts pres	3	1236	7.45%
	Total	16597	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	11591	61.44%
proxy	-7	801	4.25%
Not mentioned	0	4954	26.26%
Other adlts pres	3	1519	8.05%
	Total	18867	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	9276	59.45%
proxy	-7	522	3.35%
Not mentioned	0	4439	28.45%
Other adlts pres	3	1366	8.75%
	Total	15603	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3	0.02%
inapplicable	-8	9377	60.02%
proxy	-7	435	2.78%
Not mentioned	0	4442	28.43%
Other adlts pres	3	1366	8.74%
	Total	15623	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	17	0.16%
inapplicable	-8	6489	59.5%
proxy	-7	358	3.28%
Not mentioned	0	3073	28.18%
Other adlts pres	3	969	8.89%
	Total	10906	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	52	0.46%
inapplicable	-8	6613	59.08%
proxy	-7	365	3.26%
Not mentioned	0	3159	28.22%
Other adlts pres	3	1004	8.97%
	Total	11193	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	15	0.16%
inapplicable	-8	5628	59.63%
proxy	-7	301	3.19%
Not mentioned	0	2623	27.79%
Other adlts pres	3	871	9.23%
	Total	9438	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	76	0.82%
inapplicable	-8	5215	56.38%
proxy	-7	422	4.56%
Not mentioned	0	2693	29.12%
Other adlts pres	3	843	9.11%
	Total	9249	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	46	0.49%
inapplicable	-8	5183	54.67%
proxy	-7	421	4.44%
Not mentioned	0	2811	29.65%
Other adlts pres	3	1020	10.76%
	Total	9481	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	86	0.9%
inapplicable	-8	5009	52.18%
proxy	-7	576	6.0%
Not mentioned	0	2880	30.0%
Other adlts pres	3	1049	10.93%
	Total	9600	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	70	0.71%
inapplicable	-8	5363	54.47%
proxy	-7	386	3.92%
Not mentioned	0	2793	28.37%
Other adlts pres	3	1233	12.52%
	Total	9845	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	4	0.04%
proxy	-7	352	3.43%
Not mentioned	0	8160	79.5%
Other adlts pres	1	1748	17.03%
	Total	10264	100.0%

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