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jha9ly

whether job started after 1.9.98

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jobhist

Index term

Employment History: Labour Force Status Spells

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	147	4.99%
sept 2007 or before	1	2157	73.24%
after sept 2007	2	641	21.77%
	Total	2945	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	145	4.47%
sept 2006 or before	1	2345	72.35%
after sept 2006	2	751	23.17%
	Total	3241	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	97	2.98%
sept 2005 or before	1	2159	66.37%
after sept 2005	2	997	30.65%
	Total	3253	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	168	3.74%
sept 2004 or before	1	3275	72.96%
after sept 2004	2	1046	23.3%
	Total	4489	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	11	0.25%
sept 2003 or before	1	3279	74.22%
after sept 2003	2	1128	25.53%
	Total	4418	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	9	0.19%
sept 2002 or before	1	3580	74.54%
after sept 2002	2	1214	25.28%
	Total	4803	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	2	0.04%
sept 2001 or before	1	3719	73.75%
after sept 2001	2	1322	26.21%
	Total	5043	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	9	0.15%
sept 2000 or before	1	4378	73.3%
after sept 2000	2	1586	26.55%
	Total	5973	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	2	0.04%
sept 1999 or before	1	3788	69.49%
after sept 1999	2	1661	30.47%
	Total	5451	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	7	0.14%
sept 1998 or before	1	3675	70.96%
after sept 1998	2	1497	28.91%
	Total	5179	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
sept 1997 or before	1	2476	70.64%
after sept 1997	2	1029	29.36%
	Total	3505	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	13	0.33%
inapplicable	-8	138	3.5%
sept 1996 or before	1	2510	63.69%
after sept 1996	2	1280	32.48%
	Total	3941	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
sept 1995 or before	1	2095	69.39%
after sept 1995	2	924	30.61%
	Total	3019	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
sept 1994 or before	1	2162	69.47%
after sept 1994	2	950	30.53%
	Total	3112	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	1	0.03%
sept 1993 or before	1	2106	69.94%
after sept 1993	2	904	30.02%
	Total	3011	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
sept 1992 or before	1	2102	72.04%
after sept 1992	2	816	27.96%
	Total	2918	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
sept 1991 or before	1	2060	70.6%
after sept 1991	2	858	29.4%
	Total	2918	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	15	0.44%
inapplicable	-8	1287	38.05%
don't know	-1	2	0.06%
sept 1990 or before	1	1559	46.1%
after sept 1990	2	519	15.35%
	Total	3382	100.0%

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