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Mainstage Variable

jbhgs

Hope - Goldthorpe Scale: present job

Datafile

indresp

Index term

Employment: Industrial and Occupational Classification

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	9	0.06%
inapplicable	-8	6977	48.39%
[Value >= 0]	1	7433	51.55%
	Total	14419	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
49.97	6986	18.0	75.0	14.88	7433

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	7	0.05%
inapplicable	-8	7136	47.98%
don't know	-1	1	0.01%
	Total	14873	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	9	0.06%
inapplicable	-8	7458	48.45%
	Total	15392	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	249	1.59%
inapplicable	-8	7559	48.4%
[Value >= 0]	1	7809	50.0%
	Total	15617	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
47.09	7808	0	82.05000305175781	16.42	7809

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	92	0.58%
inapplicable	-8	7514	47.58%
[Value >= 0]	1	8185	51.83%
	Total	15791	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
47.67	7606	0	82.05000305175781	16.61	8185

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	77	0.47%
inapplicable	-8	7958	49.01%
[Value >= 0]	1	8203	50.52%
	Total	16238	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
47.05	8035	0	82.05000305175781	16.21	8203

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	53	0.32%
inapplicable	-8	8209	49.46%
[Value >= 0]	1	8335	50.22%
	Total	16597	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
47.27	8262	0	82.05000305175781	16.22	8335

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	89	0.47%
inapplicable	-8	9557	50.65%
[Value >= 0]	1	9221	48.87%
	Total	18867	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
46.65	9646	0	82.05000305175781	16.13	9221

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	52	0.33%
inapplicable	-8	6324	40.53%
[Value >= 0]	1	9227	59.14%
	Total	15603	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
46.62	6376	0	82.05000305175781	16.0	9227

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	97	0.62%
inapplicable	-8	6380	40.84%
[Value >= 0]	1	9146	58.54%
	Total	15623	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
46.27	6477	0	82.05000305175781	16.15	9146

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	4243	38.91%
[Value >= 0]	1	6662	61.09%
	Total	10906	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
46.31	4244	0	82.05000305175781	16.27	6662

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.02%
inapplicable	-8	4477	40.0%
[Value >= 0]	1	6714	59.98%
	Total	11193	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
46.09	4479	0	82.05000305175781	16.24	6714

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.02%
inapplicable	-8	3638	38.55%
[Value >= 0]	1	5798	61.43%
	Total	9438	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
46.55	3640	0	82.05000305175781	16.05	5798

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3	0.03%
inapplicable	-8	3632	39.27%
[Value >= 0]	1	5614	60.7%
	Total	9249	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
46.69	3635	0	82.05000305175781	16.05	5614

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.02%
inapplicable	-8	3772	39.78%
[Value >= 0]	1	5707	60.19%
	Total	9481	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
46.34	3774	0	82.05000305175781	15.97	5707

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	215	2.24%
inapplicable	-8	3882	40.44%
[Value >= 0]	1	5503	57.32%
	Total	9600	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
46.33	4097	0	82.05000305175781	16.01	5503

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	4	0.04%
inapplicable	-8	4038	41.02%
[Value >= 0]	1	5803	58.94%
	Total	9845	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
46.15	4042	0	82.05000305175781	15.79	5803

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3	0.03%
inapplicable	-8	4110	40.04%
[Value >= 0]	1	6151	59.93%
	Total	10264	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
45.93	4113	0	82.05000305175781	15.65	6151

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