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ivja

Job hist section: respondent alone

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indresp

Index term

Interview Characteristics and Conditions

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	26	0.18%
inapplicable	-8	8470	58.74%
proxy	-7	965	6.69%
Not mentioned	0	1529	10.6%
Respondent alone	1	3429	23.78%
	Total	14419	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	13	0.09%
inapplicable	-8	8595	57.79%
proxy	-7	948	6.37%
Not mentioned	0	1679	11.29%
Respondent alone	1	3638	24.46%
	Total	14873	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	172	1.12%
inapplicable	-8	8924	57.98%
proxy	-7	977	6.35%
Not mentioned	0	1658	10.77%
Respondent alone	1	3661	23.79%
	Total	15392	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
proxy	-7	982	6.29%
Not mentioned	0	4370	27.98%
Respondent alone	1	10264	65.72%
	Total	15617	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
proxy	-7	1014	6.42%
Not mentioned	0	4622	29.27%
Respondent alone	1	10154	64.3%
	Total	15791	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	5	0.03%
proxy	-7	891	5.49%
Not mentioned	0	4754	29.28%
Respondent alone	1	10588	65.21%
	Total	16238	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	4	0.02%
inapplicable	-8	5139	30.96%
proxy	-7	889	5.36%
Respondent alone	1	10565	63.66%
	Total	16597	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	6342	33.61%
proxy	-7	801	4.25%
Respondent alone	1	11724	62.14%
	Total	18867	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	5576	35.74%
proxy	-7	522	3.35%
Respondent alone	1	9505	60.92%
	Total	15603	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	5600	35.84%
proxy	-7	435	2.78%
Respondent alone	1	9587	61.36%
	Total	15623	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	4	0.04%
inapplicable	-8	3840	35.21%
proxy	-7	358	3.28%
Respondent alone	1	6704	61.47%
	Total	10906	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	18	0.16%
inapplicable	-8	3926	35.08%
proxy	-7	365	3.26%
Respondent alone	1	6884	61.5%
	Total	11193	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3	0.03%
inapplicable	-8	3332	35.3%
proxy	-7	301	3.19%
Respondent alone	1	5802	61.47%
	Total	9438	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	11	0.12%
inapplicable	-8	3306	35.74%
proxy	-7	422	4.56%
Respondent alone	1	5510	59.57%
	Total	9249	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	30	0.32%
inapplicable	-8	3592	37.89%
proxy	-7	421	4.44%
Respondent alone	1	5438	57.36%
	Total	9481	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	29	0.3%
inapplicable	-8	3619	37.7%
proxy	-7	576	6.0%
Respondent alone	1	5376	56.0%
	Total	9600	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	3811	38.71%
proxy	-7	386	3.92%
Respondent alone	1	5648	57.37%
	Total	9845	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	352	3.43%
Not mentioned	0	4585	44.67%
Respondent alone	1	5327	51.9%
	Total	10264	100.0%

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