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Mainstage Variable

ivmd

Health section: child/ren present

Datafile

indresp

Index term

Interview Characteristics and Conditions

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	965	6.69%
Not mentioned	0	12453	86.37%
Children present	1	1001	6.94%
	Total	14419	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	948	6.37%
Not mentioned	0	12900	86.73%
Children present	1	1025	6.89%
	Total	14873	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	977	6.35%
Not mentioned	0	13404	87.08%
Children present	1	1011	6.57%
	Total	15392	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	982	6.29%
Not mentioned	0	13619	87.21%
Children present	1	1016	6.51%
	Total	15617	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	1014	6.42%
Not mentioned	0	13630	86.31%
Children present	1	1147	7.26%
	Total	15791	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.01%
proxy	-7	891	5.49%
Not mentioned	0	14213	87.53%
Children present	1	1132	6.97%
	Total	16238	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	10487	63.19%
proxy	-7	889	5.36%
Not mentioned	0	3961	23.87%
Children present	4	1259	7.59%
	Total	16597	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	11636	61.67%
proxy	-7	801	4.25%
Not mentioned	0	4923	26.09%
Children present	4	1506	7.98%
	Total	18867	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	9402	60.26%
proxy	-7	522	3.35%
Not mentioned	0	4253	27.26%
Children present	4	1426	9.14%
	Total	15603	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	9563	61.21%
proxy	-7	435	2.78%
Not mentioned	0	4306	27.56%
Children present	4	1318	8.44%
	Total	15623	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	6	0.06%
inapplicable	-8	6528	59.86%
proxy	-7	358	3.28%
Not mentioned	0	3096	28.39%
Children present	4	918	8.42%
	Total	10906	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	21	0.19%
inapplicable	-8	6629	59.22%
proxy	-7	365	3.26%
Not mentioned	0	3211	28.69%
Children present	4	967	8.64%
	Total	11193	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	8	0.08%
inapplicable	-8	5655	59.92%
proxy	-7	301	3.19%
Not mentioned	0	2722	28.84%
Children present	4	752	7.97%
	Total	9438	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	29	0.31%
inapplicable	-8	5402	58.41%
proxy	-7	422	4.56%
Not mentioned	0	2568	27.77%
Children present	4	828	8.95%
	Total	9249	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	46	0.49%
inapplicable	-8	5239	55.26%
proxy	-7	421	4.44%
Not mentioned	0	2838	29.93%
Children present	4	937	9.88%
	Total	9481	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.02%
inapplicable	-8	5182	53.98%
proxy	-7	576	6.0%
Not mentioned	0	2993	31.18%
Children present	4	847	8.82%
	Total	9600	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	30	0.3%
inapplicable	-8	5513	56.0%
proxy	-7	386	3.92%
Not mentioned	0	3024	30.72%
Children present	4	892	9.06%
	Total	9845	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	352	3.43%
Not mentioned	0	8895	86.66%
Children present	1	1017	9.91%
	Total	10264	100.0%

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