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Mainstage Variable

naidxhh_bh

Number of non-residents cared for

Datafile

indresp

Index term

Caring

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	11955	82.91%
proxy	-7	965	6.69%
One person	1	1164	8.07%
Two people	2	267	1.85%
Three people	3	40	0.28%
Four people	4	8	0.06%
Five people	5	5	0.03%
Six people	6	2	0.01%
Seven + people	7	13	0.09%
	Total	14419	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	12183	81.91%
proxy	-7	948	6.37%
One person	1	1358	9.13%
Two people	2	306	2.06%
Three people	3	38	0.26%
Four people	4	14	0.09%
Five people	5	3	0.02%
Six people	6	4	0.03%
Seven + people	7	19	0.13%
	Total	14873	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	12800	83.16%
proxy	-7	977	6.35%
One person	1	1264	8.21%
Two people	2	273	1.77%
Three people	3	38	0.25%
Four people	4	11	0.07%
Five people	5	5	0.03%
Six people	6	4	0.03%
Seven + people	7	19	0.12%
	Total	15392	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	13053	83.58%
proxy	-7	982	6.29%
One person	1	1252	8.02%
Two people	2	242	1.55%
Three people	3	46	0.29%
Four people	4	11	0.07%
Five people	5	4	0.03%
Six people	6	1	0.01%
Seven + people	7	26	0.17%
	Total	15617	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	13092	82.91%
proxy	-7	1014	6.42%
One person	1	1294	8.19%
Two people	2	295	1.87%
Three people	3	47	0.3%
Four people	4	12	0.08%
Five people	5	2	0.01%
Six people	6	6	0.04%
Seven + people	7	29	0.18%
	Total	15791	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	13635	83.97%
proxy	-7	891	5.49%
One person	1	1371	8.44%
Two people	2	256	1.58%
Three people	3	45	0.28%
Four people	4	11	0.07%
Five people	5	3	0.02%
Six people	6	4	0.02%
Seven + people	7	21	0.13%
	Total	16238	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	13886	83.67%
proxy	-7	889	5.36%
One person	1	1405	8.47%
Two people	2	312	1.88%
Three people	3	48	0.29%
Four people	4	14	0.08%
Five people	5	3	0.02%
Six people	6	5	0.03%
Seven + people	7	35	0.21%
	Total	16597	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	16023	84.93%
proxy	-7	801	4.25%
One person	1	1615	8.56%
Two people	2	319	1.69%
Three people	3	42	0.22%
Four people	4	14	0.07%
Five people	5	4	0.02%
Six people	6	8	0.04%
Seven + people	7	40	0.21%
	Total	18867	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3	0.02%
inapplicable	-8	13354	85.59%
proxy	-7	522	3.35%
One person	1	1326	8.5%
Two people	2	293	1.88%
Three people	3	40	0.26%
Four people	4	14	0.09%
Five people	5	6	0.04%
Six people	6	3	0.02%
Seven + people	7	42	0.27%
	Total	15603	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	5	0.03%
inapplicable	-8	13576	86.9%
proxy	-7	435	2.78%
One person	1	1230	7.87%
Two people	2	276	1.77%
Three people	3	34	0.22%
Four people	4	11	0.07%
Five people	5	4	0.03%
Six people	6	4	0.03%
Seven + people	7	48	0.31%
	Total	15623	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	18	0.17%
inapplicable	-8	9514	87.24%
proxy	-7	358	3.28%
refusal	-2	1	0.01%
don't know	-1	8	0.07%
One person	1	783	7.18%
Two people	2	167	1.53%
Three people	3	23	0.21%
Four people	4	9	0.08%
Five people	5	6	0.06%
Six people	6	5	0.05%
Seven + people	7	14	0.13%
	Total	10906	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	9	0.08%
inapplicable	-8	9713	86.78%
proxy	-7	365	3.26%
don't know	-1	4	0.04%
One person	1	803	7.17%
Two people	2	211	1.89%
Three people	3	44	0.39%
Four people	4	11	0.1%
Five people	5	7	0.06%
Six people	6	5	0.04%
Seven + people	7	21	0.19%
	Total	11193	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	13	0.14%
inapplicable	-8	8210	86.99%
proxy	-7	301	3.19%
refusal	-2	1	0.01%
don't know	-1	5	0.05%
One person	1	672	7.12%
Two people	2	154	1.63%
Three people	3	35	0.37%
Four people	4	12	0.13%
Five people	5	11	0.12%
Six people	6	3	0.03%
Seven + people	7	21	0.22%
	Total	9438	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3	0.03%
inapplicable	-8	7869	85.08%
proxy	-7	422	4.56%
refusal	-2	1	0.01%
don't know	-1	4	0.04%
One person	1	709	7.67%
Two people	2	165	1.78%
Three people	3	27	0.29%
Four people	4	19	0.21%
Five people	5	7	0.08%
Six people	6	7	0.08%
Seven + people	7	16	0.17%
	Total	9249	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	6	0.06%
inapplicable	-8	8059	85.0%
proxy	-7	421	4.44%
don't know	-1	8	0.08%
One person	1	701	7.39%
Two people	2	178	1.88%
Three people	3	43	0.45%
Four people	4	20	0.21%
Five people	5	5	0.05%
Six people	6	9	0.09%
Seven + people	7	31	0.33%
	Total	9481	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	4	0.04%
inapplicable	-8	7953	82.84%
proxy	-7	576	6.0%
refusal	-2	1	0.01%
don't know	-1	5	0.05%
One person	1	750	7.81%
Two people	2	188	1.96%
Three people	3	50	0.52%
Four people	4	13	0.14%
Five people	5	10	0.1%
Six people	6	8	0.08%
Seven + people	7	42	0.44%
	Total	9600	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	18	0.18%
inapplicable	-8	8479	86.12%
proxy	-7	386	3.92%
refusal	-2	8	0.08%
don't know	-1	5	0.05%
One person	1	657	6.67%
Two people	2	185	1.88%
Three people	3	43	0.44%
Four people	4	24	0.24%
Five people	5	5	0.05%
Six people	6	9	0.09%
Seven + people	7	26	0.26%
	Total	9845	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	44	0.43%
inapplicable	-8	8812	85.85%
proxy	-7	352	3.43%
refusal	-2	1	0.01%
don't know	-1	2	0.02%
One person	1	712	6.94%
Two people	2	217	2.11%
Three people	3	47	0.46%
Four people	4	7	0.07%
Five people	5	6	0.06%
Six people	6	8	0.08%
Seven + people	7	56	0.55%
	Total	10264	100.0%

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