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jhendy

year labour force spell ended

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jobhist

Index term

Employment History: Labour Force Status Spells

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.07%
don't know	-1	2	0.07%
1995	95	704	23.32%
1996	96	2307	76.42%
1997	97	4	0.13%
	Total	3019	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
95.77	4	95.0	97.0	0.43	3015

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.03%
don't know	-1	4	0.13%
1994	94	768	24.68%
1995	95	2322	74.61%
1996	96	17	0.55%
	Total	3112	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
94.76	5	94.0	96.0	0.44	3107

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	6	0.2%
don't know	-1	1	0.03%
1993	93	696	23.12%
1994	94	2290	76.05%
1995	95	18	0.6%
	Total	3011	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
93.77	7	93.0	95.0	0.43	3004

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	5	0.17%
don't know	-1	4	0.14%
1992	92	725	24.85%
1993	93	2164	74.16%
1994	94	20	0.69%
	Total	2918	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
92.76	9	92.0	94.0	0.44	2909

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	5	0.17%
1991	91	729	24.98%
1992	92	2172	74.43%
1993	93	12	0.41%
	Total	2918	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
91.75	5	91.0	93.0	0.44	2913

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	18	0.53%
don't know	-1	2	0.06%
1990	90	896	26.49%
1991	91	2466	72.92%
	Total	3382	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
90.73	20	90.0	91.0	0.44	3362

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