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ivisst

Coversheet issue status

Datafile

hhsamp

Index term

Interview Characteristics and Conditions

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Yes	1	9025	79.06%
No/inac'sble hhold 0	2	1824	15.98%
No/retiring hhold 0	3	346	3.03%
No/inlgble splt-off	4	180	1.58%
No/other split-off	5	40	0.35%
	Total	11415	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Yes	1	9364	81.44%
No/inac'sble hhold 0	2	1654	14.39%
No/retiring hhold 0	3	254	2.21%
No/inlgble splt-off	4	201	1.75%
No/other split-off	5	25	0.22%
	Total	11498	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Yes	1	9629	83.68%
No/inac'sble hhold 0	2	1470	12.77%
No/retiring hhold 0	3	185	1.61%
No/inlgble splt-off	4	173	1.5%
No/other split-off	5	50	0.43%
	Total	11507	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Yes	1	9811	82.34%
No/inac'sble hhold 0	2	1273	10.68%
No/retiring hhold 0	3	644	5.4%
No/inlgble splt-off	4	187	1.57%
	Total	11915	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Yes	1	10227	84.59%
No/inac'sble hhold 0	2	1419	11.74%
No/retiring hhold 0	3	270	2.23%
No/inlgble splt-off	4	174	1.44%
	Total	12090	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Yes	1	10419	85.57%
No/inac'sble hhold 0	2	1298	10.66%
No/retiring hhold 0	3	284	2.33%
No/inlgble splt-off	4	175	1.44%
	Total	12176	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Yes	1	10763	88.16%
No/inac'sble hhold 0	2	935	7.66%
No/retiring hhold 0	3	357	2.92%
No/inlgble splt-off	4	154	1.26%
	Total	12209	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Yes	1	12716	90.92%
No/inac'sble hhold 0	2	1049	7.5%
No/retiring hhold 0	3	47	0.34%
No/inlgble splt-off	4	174	1.24%
	Total	13986	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Yes	1	11027	89.78%
No/inac'sble hhold 0	2	741	6.03%
No/retiring hhold 0	3	383	3.12%
No/inlgble splt-off	4	131	1.07%
	Total	12282	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Yes	1	11134	93.22%
No/inac'sble hhold 0	2	618	5.17%
No/retiring hhold 0	3	50	0.42%
No/inlgble splt-off	4	141	1.18%
No/other split-off	5	1	0.01%
	Total	11944	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Yes	1	6571	90.08%
No/inac'sble hhold 0	2	527	7.22%
No/retiring hhold 0	3	65	0.89%
No/inlgble splt-off	4	126	1.73%
No/other split-off	5	6	0.08%
	Total	7295	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Yes	1	5518	72.64%
No/inac'sble hhold 0	2	409	5.38%
No/retiring hhold 0	3	490	6.45%
No/inlgble splt-off	4	114	1.5%
Not fed forward but issued	7	1065	14.02%
	Total	7596	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Yes	1	5602	86.36%
No/inac'sble hhold 0	2	611	9.42%
No/retiring hhold 0	3	155	2.39%
No/inlgble splt-off	4	116	1.79%
No/other split-off	5	1	0.02%
Issued to field in error	6	1	0.02%
Not fed forward but issued	7	1	0.02%
	Total	6487	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Yes	1	5726	87.38%
No/inac'sble hhold 0	2	535	8.16%
No/retiring hhold 0	3	169	2.58%
No/inlgble splt-off	4	119	1.82%
No/other split-off	5	2	0.03%
Issued to field in error	6	2	0.03%
	Total	6553	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Yes	1	5841	89.07%
No/inac'sble hhold 0	2	385	5.87%
No/retiring hhold 0	3	229	3.49%
No/inlgble splt-off	4	100	1.52%
No/other split-off	5	3	0.05%
	Total	6558	100.0%

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