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Mainstage Variable

lfsat5

Satisfaction with: job

Datafile

indresp

Index term

Employment: Attitude to Work and Incentives

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	993	6.89%
proxy	-7	231	1.6%
Doesn't apply	0	4786	33.19%
Not satisfied at all	1	154	1.07%
	2	278	1.93%
	3	609	4.22%
Not satis/dissat	4	1263	8.76%
	5	2505	17.37%
	6	2547	17.66%
Completely satisfied	7	1053	7.3%
	Total	14419	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	723	4.86%
proxy	-7	265	1.78%
refusal	-2	1	0.01%
Doesn't apply	0	5059	34.01%
Not satisfied at all	1	172	1.16%
	2	321	2.16%
	3	632	4.25%
Not satis/dissat	4	1382	9.29%
	5	2598	17.47%
	6	2623	17.64%
Completely satisfied	7	1097	7.38%
	Total	14873	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	976	6.34%
proxy	-7	300	1.95%
Doesn't apply	0	5121	33.27%
Not satisfied at all	1	158	1.03%
	2	349	2.27%
	3	665	4.32%
Not satis/dissat	4	1383	8.99%
	5	2728	17.72%
	6	2557	16.61%
Completely satisfied	7	1155	7.5%
	Total	15392	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	612	3.92%
proxy	-7	310	1.99%
refusal	-2	2	0.01%
Doesn't apply	0	5358	34.31%
Not satisfied at all	1	266	1.7%
	2	361	2.31%
	3	684	4.38%
Not satis/dissat	4	1391	8.91%
	5	2757	17.65%
	6	2560	16.39%
Completely satisfied	7	1316	8.43%
	Total	15617	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	579	3.67%
proxy	-7	1014	6.42%
Doesn't apply	0	5157	32.66%
Not satisfied at all	1	210	1.33%
	2	344	2.18%
	3	652	4.13%
Not satis/dissat	4	1422	9.01%
	5	2678	16.96%
	6	2536	16.06%
Completely satisfied	7	1199	7.59%
	Total	15791	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	548	3.37%
proxy	-7	891	5.49%
Doesn't apply	0	5517	33.98%
Not satisfied at all	1	218	1.34%
	2	331	2.04%
	3	729	4.49%
Not satis/dissat	4	1374	8.46%
	5	2693	16.58%
	6	2682	16.52%
Completely satisfied	7	1255	7.73%
	Total	16238	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	954	5.75%
proxy	-7	889	5.36%
refusal	-2	1	0.01%
Doesn't apply	0	5269	31.75%
Not satisfied at all	1	302	1.82%
	2	371	2.24%
	3	746	4.49%
Not satis/dissat	4	1469	8.85%
	5	2800	16.87%
	6	2489	15.0%
Completely satisfied	7	1307	7.87%
	Total	16597	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	588	3.77%
proxy	-7	522	3.35%
Doesn't apply	0	5551	35.58%
Not satisfied at all	1	247	1.58%
	2	405	2.6%
	3	785	5.03%
	4	1497	9.59%
	5	2542	16.29%
	6	2306	14.78%
Completely satisfied	7	1160	7.43%
	Total	15603	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	617	3.95%
proxy	-7	435	2.78%
refusal	-2	1	0.01%
Doesn't apply	0	5634	36.06%
Not satisfied at all	1	238	1.52%
	2	361	2.31%
	3	742	4.75%
	4	1422	9.1%
	5	2384	15.26%
	6	2446	15.66%
Completely satisfied	7	1343	8.6%
	Total	15623	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	344	3.15%
proxy	-7	358	3.28%
Doesn't apply	0	3790	34.75%
Not satisfied at all	1	195	1.79%
	2	258	2.37%
	3	437	4.01%
	4	999	9.16%
	5	1760	16.14%
	6	1814	16.63%
Completely satisfied	7	951	8.72%
	Total	10906	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	386	3.45%
proxy	-7	365	3.26%
refusal	-2	6	0.05%
Doesn't apply	0	3954	35.33%
Not satisfied at all	1	197	1.76%
	2	282	2.52%
	3	523	4.67%
	4	1013	9.05%
	5	1675	14.96%
	6	1727	15.43%
Completely satisfied	7	1065	9.51%
	Total	11193	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	223	2.36%
proxy	-7	301	3.19%
Doesn't apply	0	3315	35.12%
Not satisfied at all	1	196	2.08%
	2	244	2.59%
	3	515	5.46%
	4	909	9.63%
	5	1424	15.09%
	6	1408	14.92%
Completely satisfied	7	903	9.57%
	Total	9438	100.0%

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