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Mainstage Variable

j2semp

Employee or self employed, second job

Datafile

indresp

Index terms

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	27746	94.79%
proxy	-7	198	0.68%
refusal	-2	12	0.04%
don't know	-1	13	0.04%
Employee	1	671	2.29%
Self-employed	2	631	2.16%
	Total	29271	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	30043	93.86%
proxy	-7	464	1.45%
refusal	-2	15	0.05%
don't know	-1	20	0.06%
Employee	1	797	2.49%
Self-employed	2	669	2.09%
	Total	32008	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	31581	92.02%
proxy	-7	804	2.34%
refusal	-2	18	0.05%
don't know	-1	52	0.15%
Employee	1	993	2.89%
Self-employed	2	871	2.54%
	Total	34319	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	33037	91.62%
proxy	-7	1096	3.04%
refusal	-2	16	0.04%
don't know	-1	30	0.08%
Employee	1	1053	2.92%
Self-employed	2	826	2.29%
	Total	36058	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	35593	90.58%
proxy	-7	1683	4.28%
refusal	-2	13	0.03%
don't know	-1	38	0.1%
Employee	1	1026	2.61%
Self-employed	2	941	2.39%
	Total	39294	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	37399	88.69%
proxy	-7	2832	6.72%
refusal	-2	2	0.0%
don't know	-1	34	0.08%
Employee	1	989	2.35%
Self-employed	2	914	2.17%
	Total	42170	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	39473	87.35%
proxy	-7	3324	7.36%
refusal	-2	7	0.02%
don't know	-1	91	0.2%
employee	1	1111	2.46%
self-employed	2	1186	2.62%
	Total	45192	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	39087	87.18%
proxy	-7	3858	8.6%
don't know	-1	11	0.02%
employee	1	1023	2.28%
self-employed	2	858	1.91%
	Total	44837	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	40959	87.01%
proxy	-7	3935	8.36%
don't know	-1	12	0.03%
employee	1	1091	2.32%
self-employed	2	1077	2.29%
	Total	47074	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	43777	88.1%
proxy	-7	3830	7.71%
refusal	-2	1	0.0%
don't know	-1	20	0.04%
employee	1	1106	2.23%
self-employed	2	958	1.93%
	Total	49692	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	48147	88.23%
proxy	-7	3880	7.11%
refusal	-2	1	0.0%
don't know	-1	16	0.03%
employee	1	1337	2.45%
self-employed	2	1187	2.18%
	Total	54568	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	45599	89.42%
proxy	-7	3262	6.4%
don't know	-1	11	0.02%
employee	1	1156	2.27%
self-employed	2	966	1.89%
	Total	50994	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	12762	88.51%
proxy	-7	965	6.69%
Employee	1	400	2.77%
Self employed	2	292	2.03%
	Total	14419	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	13091	88.02%
proxy	-7	948	6.37%
Employee	1	491	3.3%
Self employed	2	343	2.31%
	Total	14873	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	13556	88.07%
proxy	-7	977	6.35%
Employee	1	461	3.0%
Self employed	2	396	2.57%
	Total	15392	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	24	0.15%
inapplicable	-8	13721	87.86%
proxy	-7	982	6.29%
Employee	1	505	3.23%
Self employed	2	385	2.47%
	Total	15617	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	30	0.19%
inapplicable	-8	13870	87.83%
proxy	-7	1014	6.42%
Employee	1	488	3.09%
Self employed	2	389	2.46%
	Total	15791	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	26	0.16%
inapplicable	-8	14361	88.44%
proxy	-7	891	5.49%
Employee	1	571	3.52%
Self employed	2	389	2.4%
	Total	16238	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	32	0.19%
inapplicable	-8	14734	88.78%
proxy	-7	889	5.36%
Employee	1	532	3.21%
Self employed	2	410	2.47%
	Total	16597	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	33	0.17%
inapplicable	-8	16955	89.87%
proxy	-7	801	4.25%
Employee	1	615	3.26%
Self employed	2	463	2.45%
	Total	18867	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	24	0.15%
inapplicable	-8	14006	89.76%
proxy	-7	522	3.35%
Employee	1	603	3.86%
Self employed	2	448	2.87%
	Total	15603	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	25	0.16%
inapplicable	-8	14074	90.09%
proxy	-7	435	2.78%
Employee	1	599	3.83%
Self employed	2	490	3.14%
	Total	15623	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	13	0.12%
inapplicable	-8	9619	88.2%
proxy	-7	358	3.28%
don't know	-1	3	0.03%
Employee	1	495	4.54%
Self employed	2	418	3.83%
	Total	10906	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	24	0.21%
inapplicable	-8	9785	87.42%
proxy	-7	365	3.26%
refusal	-2	1	0.01%
don't know	-1	1	0.01%
Employee	1	541	4.83%
Self employed	2	476	4.25%
	Total	11193	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	16	0.17%
inapplicable	-8	8253	87.44%
proxy	-7	301	3.19%
don't know	-1	1	0.01%
Employee	1	464	4.92%
Self employed	2	403	4.27%
	Total	9438	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	10	0.11%
inapplicable	-8	8004	86.54%
proxy	-7	422	4.56%
don't know	-1	1	0.01%
Employee	1	457	4.94%
Self employed	2	355	3.84%
	Total	9249	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	16	0.17%
inapplicable	-8	8245	86.96%
proxy	-7	421	4.44%
don't know	-1	1	0.01%
Employee	1	416	4.39%
Self employed	2	382	4.03%
	Total	9481	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	11	0.11%
inapplicable	-8	8259	86.03%
proxy	-7	576	6.0%
Employee	1	430	4.48%
Self employed	2	324	3.38%
	Total	9600	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	15	0.15%
inapplicable	-8	8691	88.28%
proxy	-7	386	3.92%
Employee	1	404	4.1%
Self employed	2	349	3.54%
	Total	9845	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	24	0.23%
inapplicable	-8	9091	88.57%
proxy	-7	352	3.43%
don't know	-1	3	0.03%
Employee	1	411	4.0%
Self employed	2	383	3.73%
	Total	10264	100.0%

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