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Mainstage Variable

ivma

Health section: respondent alone

Datafile

indresp

Index term

Interview Characteristics and Conditions

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	965	6.69%
Not mentioned	0	3975	27.57%
Respondent alone	1	9479	65.74%
	Total	14419	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	948	6.37%
Not mentioned	0	4055	27.26%
Respondent alone	1	9870	66.36%
	Total	14873	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	977	6.35%
Not mentioned	0	4239	27.54%
Respondent alone	1	10176	66.11%
	Total	15392	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	982	6.29%
Not mentioned	0	4452	28.51%
Respondent alone	1	10183	65.2%
	Total	15617	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	1014	6.42%
Not mentioned	0	4652	29.46%
Respondent alone	1	10125	64.12%
	Total	15791	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.01%
proxy	-7	891	5.49%
Not mentioned	0	4847	29.85%
Respondent alone	1	10498	64.65%
	Total	16238	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	5220	31.45%
proxy	-7	889	5.36%
Respondent alone	1	10487	63.19%
	Total	16597	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	6429	34.08%
proxy	-7	801	4.25%
Respondent alone	1	11636	61.67%
	Total	18867	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	5679	36.4%
proxy	-7	522	3.35%
Respondent alone	1	9402	60.26%
	Total	15603	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	5624	36.0%
proxy	-7	435	2.78%
Respondent alone	1	9563	61.21%
	Total	15623	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	6	0.06%
inapplicable	-8	4014	36.81%
proxy	-7	358	3.28%
Respondent alone	1	6528	59.86%
	Total	10906	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	21	0.19%
inapplicable	-8	4178	37.33%
proxy	-7	365	3.26%
Respondent alone	1	6629	59.22%
	Total	11193	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	8	0.08%
inapplicable	-8	3474	36.81%
proxy	-7	301	3.19%
Respondent alone	1	5655	59.92%
	Total	9438	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	29	0.31%
inapplicable	-8	3396	36.72%
proxy	-7	422	4.56%
Respondent alone	1	5402	58.41%
	Total	9249	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	46	0.49%
inapplicable	-8	3775	39.82%
proxy	-7	421	4.44%
Respondent alone	1	5239	55.26%
	Total	9481	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.02%
inapplicable	-8	3840	40.0%
proxy	-7	576	6.0%
Respondent alone	1	5182	53.98%
	Total	9600	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	30	0.3%
inapplicable	-8	3916	39.78%
proxy	-7	386	3.92%
Respondent alone	1	5513	56.0%
	Total	9845	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	352	3.43%
Not mentioned	0	4634	45.15%
Respondent alone	1	5278	51.42%
	Total	10264	100.0%

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