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Mainstage Variable

jbwkhrc

Work arrangement: term time only

Datafile

indresp

Index term

Employment: Hours Worked and Overtime

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	33	0.23%
inapplicable	-8	6386	44.29%
proxy	-7	965	6.69%
Not mentioned	0	6623	45.93%
Yes	1	412	2.86%
	Total	14419	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.06	7384	0	1.0	0.23	7035

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	25	0.17%
inapplicable	-8	6500	43.7%
proxy	-7	948	6.37%
Not mentioned	0	6986	46.97%
Yes	1	414	2.78%
	Total	14873	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.06	7473	0	1.0	0.23	7400

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	46	0.3%
inapplicable	-8	6812	44.26%
proxy	-7	977	6.35%
Not mentioned	0	7129	46.32%
Yes	1	428	2.78%
	Total	15392	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.06	7835	0	1.0	0.23	7557

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	40	0.26%
inapplicable	-8	6837	43.78%
proxy	-7	982	6.29%
Not mentioned	0	7363	47.15%
Yes	1	395	2.53%
	Total	15617	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.05	7859	0	1.0	0.22	7758

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	6787	42.98%
proxy	-7	1014	6.42%
Not mentioned	0	7649	48.44%
Yes	1	341	2.16%
	Total	15791	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.04	7801	0	1.0	0.2	7990

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	4	0.02%
inapplicable	-8	7171	44.16%
proxy	-7	891	5.49%
Not mentioned	0	7860	48.4%
Yes	1	312	1.92%
	Total	16238	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.04	8066	0	1.0	0.19	8172

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	13435	80.95%
proxy	-7	889	5.36%
Not mentioned	0	1901	11.45%
Yes	3	372	2.24%
	Total	16597	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.49	14324	0	3.0	1.11	2273

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	46	0.24%
inapplicable	-8	14417	76.41%
proxy	-7	801	4.25%
Not mentioned	0	3208	17.0%
Yes	3	395	2.09%
	Total	18867	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.33	15264	0	3.0	0.94	3603

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	21	0.13%
inapplicable	-8	12899	82.67%
proxy	-7	522	3.35%
Not mentioned	0	1849	11.85%
Yes	3	312	2.0%
	Total	15603	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.43	13442	0	3.0	1.05	2161

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	57	0.36%
inapplicable	-8	12929	82.76%
proxy	-7	435	2.78%
Not mentioned	0	1917	12.27%
Yes	3	285	1.82%
	Total	15623	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.39	13421	0	3.0	1.01	2202

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