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Mainstage Variable

lvyr4

leavers - year left: 4 digit

Datafile

indsamp

Index terms

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
don't know	-1	4633	17.55%
current resident	0	21046	79.71%
	2000	1	0.0%
	2006	12	0.05%
	2007	139	0.53%
	2008	562	2.13%
	2009	10	0.04%
	Total	26403	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
66.77	4633	0	2009.0	360.02	21770

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
don't know	-1	4334	16.14%
current resident	0	21740	80.98%
	2004	1	0.0%
	2005	2	0.01%
	2006	153	0.57%
	2007	611	2.28%
	2008	4	0.01%
	Total	26845	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
68.73	4334	0	2008.0	364.99	22511

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
don't know	-1	3808	14.02%
current resident	0	22597	83.2%
	2000	1	0.0%
	2004	6	0.02%
	2005	118	0.43%
	2006	628	2.31%
	2007	2	0.01%
	Total	27160	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
64.85	3808	0	2007.0	354.79	23352

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
don't know	-1	4429	15.81%
current resident	0	22835	81.52%
	2002	1	0.0%
	2003	6	0.02%
	2004	156	0.56%
	2005	581	2.07%
	2006	3	0.01%
	Total	28011	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
63.5	4429	0	2006.0	351.12	23582

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
don't know	-1	4126	14.48%
current resident	0	23438	82.27%
	1996	2	0.01%
	1997	1	0.0%
	1998	3	0.01%
	1999	3	0.01%
	2000	24	0.08%
	2001	40	0.14%
	2002	26	0.09%
	2003	179	0.63%
	2004	634	2.23%
	2005	14	0.05%
	Total	28490	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
76.15	4126	0	2005.0	383.1	24364

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
don't know	-1	3883	13.38%
current resident	0	24317	83.77%
	1998	2	0.01%
	2000	1	0.0%
	2001	4	0.01%
	2002	145	0.5%
	2003	669	2.3%
	2004	7	0.02%
	Total	29028	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
65.95	3883	0	2004.0	357.41	25145

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
don't know	-1	3525	12.03%
current resident	0	24972	85.25%
	2000	19	0.06%
	2001	142	0.48%
	2002	617	2.11%
	2003	19	0.06%
	Total	29294	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
61.91	3525	0	2003.0	346.57	25769

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
don't know	-1	3083	9.8%
current resident	0	27632	87.84%
	1996	1	0.0%
	1998	1	0.0%
	1999	3	0.01%
	2000	119	0.38%
	2001	614	1.95%
	2002	5	0.02%
	Total	31458	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
52.39	3083	0	2002.0	319.51	28375

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
don't know	-1	2798	10.78%
current resident	0	22394	86.24%
	1996	1	0.0%
	1998	2	0.01%
	1999	109	0.42%
	2000	602	2.32%
	2001	61	0.23%
	Total	25967	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
66.9	2798	0	2001.0	359.61	23169

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
refusal	-2	2	0.01%
don't know	-1	1917	7.81%
current resident	0	22084	89.94%
	1992	1	0.0%
	1997	6	0.02%
	1998	125	0.51%
	1999	414	1.69%
	2000	4	0.02%
	Total	24553	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
48.57	1919	0	2000.0	307.77	22634

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
don't know	-1	1588	9.09%
current resident	0	15320	87.74%
	1996	1	0.01%
	1997	96	0.55%
	1998	454	2.6%
	1999	2	0.01%
	Total	17461	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
69.6	1588	0	1999.0	366.36	15873

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
don't know	-1	1864	11.9%
current resident	0	13295	84.9%
	1993	1	0.01%
	1994	2	0.01%
	1995	68	0.43%
	1996	427	2.73%
	1997	2	0.01%
	Total	15659	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
72.34	1864	0	1997.0	373.04	13795

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
don't know	-1	2008	12.74%
current resident	0	13210	83.84%
	1993	4	0.03%
	1994	76	0.48%
	1995	449	2.85%
	1996	9	0.06%
	Total	15756	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
78.06	2008	0	1996.0	386.84	13748

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
don't know	-1	1949	12.26%
current resident	0	13494	84.85%
	1992	1	0.01%
	1993	70	0.44%
	1994	383	2.41%
	1995	6	0.04%
	Total	15903	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
65.73	1949	0	1995.0	356.01	13954

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
don't know	-1	2005	12.45%
current resident	0	13614	84.51%
	1991	1	0.01%
	1992	111	0.69%
	1993	375	2.33%
	1994	4	0.02%
	Total	16110	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
69.37	2005	0	1994.0	365.29	14105

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
don't know	-1	1234	8.11%
current resident	0	13538	88.99%
	1991	63	0.41%
	1992	378	2.48%
	Total	15213	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
62.84	1234	0	1992.0	348.17	13979

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