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Mainstage Variable

lfsat2

Satisfaction with: income of hhold

Datafile

indresp

Index term

Financial Management: Material Wellbeing

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	734	5.09%
proxy	-7	231	1.6%
Doesn't apply	0	40	0.28%
Not satisfied at all	1	545	3.78%
	2	749	5.19%
	3	1558	10.81%
Not satis/dissat	4	2691	18.66%
	5	3943	27.35%
	6	2681	18.59%
Completely satisfied	7	1247	8.65%
	Total	14419	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	499	3.36%
proxy	-7	265	1.78%
Doesn't apply	0	29	0.19%
Not satisfied at all	1	501	3.37%
	2	715	4.81%
	3	1563	10.51%
Not satis/dissat	4	2777	18.67%
	5	3927	26.4%
	6	3117	20.96%
Completely satisfied	7	1480	9.95%
	Total	14873	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	620	4.03%
proxy	-7	300	1.95%
Doesn't apply	0	37	0.24%
Not satisfied at all	1	609	3.96%
	2	818	5.31%
	3	1719	11.17%
Not satis/dissat	4	2895	18.81%
	5	3963	25.75%
	6	2939	19.09%
Completely satisfied	7	1492	9.69%
	Total	15392	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	481	3.08%
proxy	-7	310	1.99%
refusal	-2	2	0.01%
Doesn't apply	0	2	0.01%
Not satisfied at all	1	824	5.28%
	2	1030	6.6%
	3	1832	11.73%
Not satis/dissat	4	2976	19.06%
	5	3845	24.62%
	6	2729	17.47%
Completely satisfied	7	1586	10.16%
	Total	15617	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	435	2.75%
proxy	-7	1014	6.42%
Not satisfied at all	1	602	3.81%
	2	776	4.91%
	3	1702	10.78%
Not satis/dissat	4	2885	18.27%
	5	3833	24.27%
	6	2958	18.73%
Completely satisfied	7	1586	10.04%
	Total	15791	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	425	2.62%
proxy	-7	891	5.49%
Not satisfied at all	1	625	3.85%
	2	780	4.8%
	3	1635	10.07%
Not satis/dissat	4	2830	17.43%
	5	4136	25.47%
	6	3097	19.07%
Completely satisfied	7	1819	11.2%
	Total	16238	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	512	3.08%
proxy	-7	889	5.36%
Not satisfied at all	1	812	4.89%
	2	934	5.63%
	3	1808	10.89%
Not satis/dissat	4	3094	18.64%
	5	3885	23.41%
	6	2849	17.17%
Completely satisfied	7	1814	10.93%
	Total	16597	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	350	2.24%
proxy	-7	522	3.35%
Not satisfied at all	1	913	5.85%
	2	1007	6.45%
	3	1980	12.69%
	4	3067	19.66%
	5	3608	23.12%
	6	2553	16.36%
Completely satisfied	7	1603	10.27%
	Total	15603	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	431	2.76%
proxy	-7	435	2.78%
refusal	-2	1	0.01%
Not satisfied at all	1	1079	6.91%
	2	1019	6.52%
	3	1827	11.69%
	4	2851	18.25%
	5	3499	22.4%
	6	2683	17.17%
Completely satisfied	7	1798	11.51%
	Total	15623	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	159	1.46%
proxy	-7	358	3.28%
Not satisfied at all	1	610	5.59%
	2	618	5.67%
	3	1183	10.85%
	4	2063	18.92%
	5	2716	24.9%
	6	1970	18.06%
Completely satisfied	7	1229	11.27%
	Total	10906	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	195	1.74%
proxy	-7	365	3.26%
refusal	-2	2	0.02%
Not satisfied at all	1	745	6.66%
	2	743	6.64%
	3	1299	11.61%
	4	2061	18.41%
	5	2508	22.41%
	6	1939	17.32%
Completely satisfied	7	1336	11.94%
	Total	11193	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	120	1.27%
proxy	-7	301	3.19%
refusal	-2	2	0.02%
Not satisfied at all	1	679	7.19%
	2	667	7.07%
	3	1173	12.43%
	4	1822	19.3%
	5	2049	21.71%
	6	1554	16.47%
Completely satisfied	7	1071	11.35%
	Total	9438	100.0%

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