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jbwkhrg

Work arrangement: zero hours contract

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	7018	48.67%
Yes	1	17	0.12%
	Total	14419	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0	7384	0	1.0	0.05	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	7381	49.63%
Yes	1	19	0.13%
	Total	14873	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0	7473	0	1.0	0.05	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	7534	48.95%
Yes	1	23	0.15%
	Total	15392	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0	7835	0	1.0	0.06	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	7742	49.57%
Yes	1	16	0.1%
	Total	15617	100.0%

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

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	6787	42.98%
proxy	-7	1014	6.42%
Not mentioned	0	7966	50.45%
Yes	1	24	0.15%
	Total	15791	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0	7801	0	1.0	0.05	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	8141	50.14%
Yes	1	31	0.19%
	Total	16238	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0	8066	0	1.0	0.06	8172

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	13435	80.95%
proxy	-7	889	5.36%
Not mentioned	0	2258	13.6%
Yes	7	15	0.09%
	Total	16597	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.05	14324	0	7.0	0.57	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	3562	18.88%
Yes	7	41	0.22%
	Total	18867	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.08	15264	0	7.0	0.74	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	2138	13.7%
Yes	7	23	0.15%
	Total	15603	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.07	13442	0	7.0	0.72	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	2178	13.94%
Yes	7	24	0.15%
	Total	15623	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.08	13421	0	7.0	0.73	2202

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