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njbsp

No. employment spells: year to Sept 1

Datafile

indresp

Index term

Employment History: Labour Force Status Spells

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	424	2.94%
proxy	-7	965	6.69%
	0	4876	33.82%
	1	7120	49.38%
	2	939	6.51%
	3	84	0.58%
	4	9	0.06%
	5	2	0.01%
	Total	14419	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.71	1389	0	5.0	0.63	13030

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	497	3.34%
proxy	-7	948	6.37%
	0	5001	33.62%
	1	7234	48.64%
	2	1076	7.23%
	3	100	0.67%
	4	16	0.11%
	5	1	0.01%
	Total	14873	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.73	1445	0	5.0	0.65	13428

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	543	3.53%
proxy	-7	977	6.35%
	0	5067	32.92%
	1	7715	50.12%
	2	910	5.91%
	3	150	0.97%
	4	22	0.14%
	5	8	0.05%
	Total	15392	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.73	1520	0	5.0	0.65	13872

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
proxy	-7	982	6.29%
	0	5342	34.21%
	1	7649	48.98%
	2	1474	9.44%
	3	147	0.94%
	4	21	0.13%
	5	1	0.01%
	Total	15617	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.76	983	0	5.0	0.68	14634

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	1014	6.42%
	0	5388	34.12%
	1	7703	48.78%
	2	1480	9.37%
	3	174	1.1%
	4	28	0.18%
	5	3	0.02%
	6	1	0.01%
	Total	15791	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.77	1014	0	6.0	0.69	14777

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	891	5.49%
	0	5693	35.06%
	1	7837	48.26%
	2	1604	9.88%
	3	188	1.16%
	4	18	0.11%
	5	7	0.04%
	Total	16238	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.76	891	0	5.0	0.7	15347

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
proxy	-7	889	5.36%
	0	5923	35.69%
	1	8032	48.39%
	2	1527	9.2%
	3	194	1.17%
	4	23	0.14%
	5	6	0.04%
	7	2	0.01%
	Total	16597	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.75	890	0	7.0	0.7	15707

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	5	0.03%
proxy	-7	801	4.25%
	0	6991	37.05%
	1	8992	47.66%
	2	1825	9.67%
	3	224	1.19%
	4	20	0.11%
	5	6	0.03%
	6	1	0.01%
	7	1	0.01%
	8	1	0.01%
	Total	18867	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.74	806	0	8.0	0.7	18061

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
proxy	-7	522	3.35%
	0	5746	36.83%
	1	7521	48.2%
	2	1571	10.07%
	3	213	1.37%
	4	23	0.15%
	5	5	0.03%
	6	1	0.01%
	Total	15603	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.76	523	0	6.0	0.71	15080

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	71	0.45%
proxy	-7	435	2.78%
	0	5834	37.34%
	1	7602	48.66%
	2	1456	9.32%
	3	187	1.2%
	4	35	0.22%
	5	2	0.01%
	6	1	0.01%
	Total	15623	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.74	506	0	6.0	0.7	15117

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.02%
proxy	-7	358	3.28%
	0	3785	34.71%
	1	5354	49.09%
	2	1192	10.93%
	3	182	1.67%
	4	25	0.23%
	5	6	0.06%
	6	1	0.01%
	7	1	0.01%
	Total	10906	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.8	360	0	7.0	0.73	10546

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	7	0.06%
proxy	-7	365	3.26%
	0	4010	35.83%
	1	5471	48.88%
	2	1145	10.23%
	3	162	1.45%
	4	26	0.23%
	5	7	0.06%
	Total	11193	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.77	372	0	5.0	0.72	10821

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	301	3.19%
	0	3219	34.11%
	1	4840	51.28%
	2	932	9.87%
	3	111	1.18%
	4	29	0.31%
	5	5	0.05%
	6	1	0.01%
	Total	9438	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.79	301	0	6.0	0.71	9137

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
proxy	-7	422	4.56%
	0	3183	34.41%
	1	4583	49.55%
	2	897	9.7%
	3	142	1.54%
	4	16	0.17%
	5	5	0.05%
	Total	9249	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.78	423	0	5.0	0.71	8826

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	27	0.28%
proxy	-7	421	4.44%
	0	3260	34.38%
	1	4745	50.05%
	2	913	9.63%
	3	102	1.08%
	4	13	0.14%
	Total	9481	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.77	448	0	4.0	0.68	9033

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
proxy	-7	576	6.0%
	0	3283	34.2%
	1	4769	49.68%
	2	866	9.02%
	3	81	0.84%
	4	21	0.22%
	5	3	0.03%
	Total	9600	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.76	577	0	5.0	0.68	9023

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	20	0.2%
proxy	-7	386	3.92%
	0	3472	35.27%
	1	5005	50.84%
	2	856	8.69%
	3	87	0.88%
	4	17	0.17%
	5	1	0.01%
	7	1	0.01%
	Total	9845	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.75	406	0	7.0	0.67	9439

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	48	0.47%
proxy	-7	352	3.43%
	0	3489	33.99%
	1	5340	52.03%
	2	901	8.78%
	3	115	1.12%
	4	15	0.15%
	5	2	0.02%
	6	1	0.01%
	7	1	0.01%
	Total	10264	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.77	400	0	7.0	0.68	9864

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