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Mainstage Variable

jbsat2

Job satisfaction: total pay

Datafile

indresp

Index terms

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	6725	46.64%
proxy	-7	231	1.6%
refusal	-2	3	0.02%
don't know	-1	10	0.07%
Doesn't apply	0	9	0.06%
Not satis at all	1	152	1.05%
	2	293	2.03%
	3	820	5.69%
Not satis/dissat	4	533	3.7%
	5	2068	14.34%
	6	2902	20.13%
Completely satis	7	673	4.67%
	Total	14419	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	6805	45.75%
proxy	-7	265	1.78%
don't know	-1	9	0.06%
Doesn't apply	0	16	0.11%
Not satis at all	1	193	1.3%
	2	295	1.98%
	3	849	5.71%
Not satis/dissat	4	592	3.98%
	5	2096	14.09%
	6	2991	20.11%
Completely satis	7	762	5.12%
	Total	14873	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	7105	46.16%
proxy	-7	300	1.95%
don't know	-1	8	0.05%
Doesn't apply	0	13	0.08%
Not satis at all	1	201	1.31%
	2	325	2.11%
	3	895	5.81%
Not satis/dissat	4	585	3.8%
	5	2205	14.33%
	6	2962	19.24%
Completely satis	7	793	5.15%
	Total	15392	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	7141	45.73%
proxy	-7	310	1.99%
don't know	-1	11	0.07%
Doesn't apply	0	11	0.07%
Not satis at all	1	230	1.47%
	2	319	2.04%
	3	944	6.04%
Not satis/dissat	4	654	4.19%
	5	2097	13.43%
	6	3075	19.69%
Completely satis	7	825	5.28%
	Total	15617	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	6787	42.98%
proxy	-7	1014	6.42%
don't know	-1	4	0.03%
Doesn't apply	0	17	0.11%
Not satis at all	1	229	1.45%
	2	388	2.46%
	3	1002	6.35%
Not satis/dissat	4	484	3.07%
	5	1978	12.53%
	6	3091	19.57%
Completely satis	7	797	5.05%
	Total	15791	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	4	0.02%
inapplicable	-8	7171	44.16%
proxy	-7	891	5.49%
don't know	-1	10	0.06%
Doesn't apply	0	13	0.08%
Not satis at all	1	249	1.53%
	2	326	2.01%
	3	1062	6.54%
Not satis/dissat	4	600	3.7%
	5	2096	12.91%
	6	3037	18.7%
Completely satis	7	779	4.8%
	Total	16238	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	7341	44.23%
proxy	-7	889	5.36%
refusal	-2	1	0.01%
don't know	-1	5	0.03%
Doesn't apply	0	16	0.1%
Not satis at all	1	243	1.46%
	2	362	2.18%
	3	1119	6.74%
Not satis/dissat	4	638	3.84%
	5	2124	12.8%
	6	3127	18.84%
Completely satis	7	731	4.4%
	Total	16597	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	8643	45.81%
proxy	-7	801	4.25%
refusal	-2	1	0.01%
don't know	-1	8	0.04%
Doesn't apply	0	12	0.06%
Not satis at all	1	336	1.78%
	2	456	2.42%
	3	1219	6.46%
Not satis/dissat	4	690	3.66%
	5	2356	12.49%
	6	3447	18.27%
Completely satis	7	898	4.76%
	Total	18867	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	7157	45.87%
proxy	-7	522	3.35%
don't know	-1	3	0.02%
Doesn't apply	0	11	0.07%
Not satis at all	1	258	1.65%
	2	422	2.7%
	3	1114	7.14%
Not satis/dissat	4	538	3.45%
	5	2043	13.09%
	6	2818	18.06%
Completely satis	7	717	4.6%
	Total	15603	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	7245	46.37%
proxy	-7	435	2.78%
don't know	-1	13	0.08%
Doesn't apply	0	12	0.08%
Not satis at all	1	351	2.25%
	2	497	3.18%
	3	1091	6.98%
Not satis/dissat	4	540	3.46%
	5	1732	11.09%
	6	2943	18.84%
Completely satis	7	763	4.88%
	Total	15623	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	7	0.06%
inapplicable	-8	4852	44.49%
proxy	-7	358	3.28%
refusal	-2	3	0.03%
don't know	-1	8	0.07%
Doesn't apply	0	4	0.04%
Not satis at all	1	171	1.57%
	2	236	2.16%
	3	751	6.89%
Not satis/dissat	4	506	4.64%
	5	1466	13.44%
	6	1950	17.88%
Completely satis	7	594	5.45%
	Total	10906	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	5101	45.57%
proxy	-7	365	3.26%
don't know	-1	2	0.02%
Doesn't apply	0	23	0.21%
Not satis at all	1	278	2.48%
	2	319	2.85%
	3	898	8.02%
Not satis/dissat	4	576	5.15%
	5	1386	12.38%
	6	1704	15.22%
Completely satis	7	541	4.83%
	Total	11193	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	5	0.05%
inapplicable	-8	4252	45.05%
proxy	-7	301	3.19%
don't know	-1	2	0.02%
Doesn't apply	0	12	0.13%
Not satis at all	1	222	2.35%
	2	292	3.09%
	3	781	8.28%
Not satis/dissat	4	469	4.97%
	5	1167	12.36%
	6	1480	15.68%
Completely satis	7	455	4.82%
	Total	9438	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	5	0.05%
inapplicable	-8	4147	44.84%
proxy	-7	422	4.56%
don't know	-1	4	0.04%
Doesn't apply	0	12	0.13%
Not satis at all	1	223	2.41%
	2	306	3.31%
	3	794	8.58%
Not satis/dissat	4	445	4.81%
	5	1094	11.83%
	6	1364	14.75%
Completely satis	7	433	4.68%
	Total	9249	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	4	0.04%
inapplicable	-8	4316	45.52%
proxy	-7	421	4.44%
refusal	-2	1	0.01%
don't know	-1	9	0.09%
Doesn't apply	0	14	0.15%
Not satis at all	1	265	2.8%
	2	356	3.75%
	3	781	8.24%
Not satis/dissat	4	457	4.82%
	5	988	10.42%
	6	1382	14.58%
Completely satis	7	487	5.14%
	Total	9481	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	16	0.17%
inapplicable	-8	4359	45.41%
proxy	-7	576	6.0%
don't know	-1	4	0.04%
Doesn't apply to resp	0	22	0.23%
Not satis at all	1	266	2.77%
	2	319	3.32%
	3	763	7.95%
Not satis/dissat	4	451	4.7%
	5	972	10.12%
	6	1350	14.06%
Completely satis	7	502	5.23%
	Total	9600	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	5	0.05%
inapplicable	-8	4616	46.89%
proxy	-7	386	3.92%
refusal	-2	2	0.02%
don't know	-1	3	0.03%
Doesn't apply to resp	0	32	0.33%
Not satis at all	1	282	2.86%
	2	325	3.3%
	3	738	7.5%
Not satis/dissat	4	453	4.6%
	5	933	9.48%
	6	1435	14.58%
Completely satis	7	635	6.45%
	Total	9845	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	6	0.06%
inapplicable	-8	4748	46.26%
proxy	-7	352	3.43%
refusal	-2	1	0.01%
don't know	-1	6	0.06%
Doesn't apply to resp	0	19	0.19%
Not satis at all	1	664	6.47%
	2	244	2.38%
	3	522	5.09%
Not satis/dissat	4	1037	10.1%
	5	876	8.53%
	6	723	7.04%
Completely satis	7	1066	10.39%
	Total	10264	100.0%

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