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Mainstage Variable

jhgpay

monthly gross pay: previous job

Datafile

jobhist

Index term

Employment: Industrial and Occupational Classification

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	18	0.61%
inapplicable	-8	921	31.27%
proxy	-7	41	1.39%
[Value >= 0]	1	1965	66.72%
	Total	2945	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1450.49	980	0	10972.7744140625	1210.77	1965

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	19	0.59%
inapplicable	-8	1089	33.6%
proxy	-7	43	1.33%
[Value >= 0]	1	2090	64.49%
	Total	3241	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1483.25	1151	0	101322.0	2549.75	2090

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	5	0.15%
inapplicable	-8	1093	33.6%
proxy	-7	27	0.83%
[Value >= 0]	1	2128	65.42%
	Total	3253	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1339.96	1125	0	15250.0	1101.18	2128

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	15	0.33%
inapplicable	-8	1548	34.48%
[Value >= 0]	1	2926	65.18%
	Total	4489	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1351.14	1563	1.0824999809265137	84002.0	1937.72	2926

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	20	0.45%
inapplicable	-8	1487	33.66%
[Value >= 0]	1	2911	65.89%
	Total	4418	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1355.26	1507	16.653846740722656	107253.953125	2321.34	2911

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	42	0.87%
inapplicable	-8	1665	34.67%
[Value >= 0]	1	3096	64.46%
	Total	4803	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1342.59	1707	0	103920.0	2090.87	3096

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	69	1.37%
inapplicable	-8	1775	35.2%
[Value >= 0]	1	3199	63.43%
	Total	5043	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1316.72	1844	0	46764.0	1436.51	3199

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	139	2.33%
inapplicable	-8	2027	33.94%
[Value >= 0]	1	3807	63.74%
	Total	5973	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1221.52	2166	0	51210.578125	1468.15	3807

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	42	0.77%
inapplicable	-8	1937	35.53%
[Value >= 0]	1	3472	63.69%
	Total	5451	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1136.08	1979	12.989999771118164	69280.0	1489.76	3472

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	122	2.36%
inapplicable	-8	1800	34.76%
[Value >= 0]	1	3257	62.89%
	Total	5179	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1122.94	1922	0.0832692310214042	77074.0	2086.01	3257

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	23	0.66%
inapplicable	-8	1074	30.64%
[Value >= 0]	1	2408	68.7%
	Total	3505	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1069.18	1097	0	43300.0	1325.64	2408

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	82	2.08%
inapplicable	-8	1320	33.49%
[Value >= 0]	1	2539	64.43%
	Total	3941	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
998.81	1402	0	25000.0	995.56	2539

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	26	0.86%
inapplicable	-8	1047	34.68%
[Value >= 0]	1	1946	64.46%
	Total	3019	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
904.67	1073	0	7286.0576171875	673.66	1946

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	59	1.9%
inapplicable	-8	1064	34.19%
[Value >= 0]	1	1989	63.91%
	Total	3112	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
930.87	1123	0	16879.9609375	840.02	1989

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	28	0.93%
inapplicable	-8	1064	35.34%
[Value >= 0]	1	1919	63.73%
	Total	3011	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
899.59	1092	0	8326.9228515625	720.15	1919

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	1042	35.71%
[Value >= 0]	1	1876	64.29%
	Total	2918	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
910.49	1042	0	5936.36669921875	701.99	1876

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	21	0.72%
inapplicable	-8	1071	36.7%
[Value >= 0]	1	1826	62.58%
	Total	2918	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
935.59	1092	0.1367368400096893	48000.0	1501.56	1826

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	62	1.83%
inapplicable	-8	1225	36.22%
[Value >= 0]	1	2095	61.95%
	Total	3382	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
792.75	1287	0	12600.0	695.19	2095

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