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Mainstage Variable

njbwks

Annual weeks employed: year to Sept 1

Datafile

indresp

Index term

Employment History: Labour Force Status Spells

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	480	3.33%
proxy	-7	965	6.69%
[Value >= 0]	1	12974	89.98%
	Total	14419	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
30.91	1445	0	52.14	24.97	12974

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	519	3.49%
proxy	-7	948	6.37%
[Value >= 0]	1	13406	90.14%
	Total	14873	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
30.92	1467	0	52.14	24.97	13406

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	554	3.6%
proxy	-7	977	6.35%
[Value >= 0]	1	13861	90.05%
	Total	15392	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
31.39	1531	0	52.14	24.85	13861

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	8	0.05%
proxy	-7	982	6.29%
[Value >= 0]	1	14627	93.66%
	Total	15617	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
30.95	990	0	52.14	24.87	14627

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	25	0.16%
proxy	-7	1014	6.42%
[Value >= 0]	1	14752	93.42%
	Total	15791	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
30.95	1039	0	52.14	24.9	14752

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	42	0.26%
proxy	-7	891	5.49%
[Value >= 0]	1	15305	94.25%
	Total	16238	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
30.6	933	0	52.14	24.92	15305

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	33	0.2%
proxy	-7	889	5.36%
[Value >= 0]	1	15675	94.44%
	Total	16597	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
30.4	922	0	52.285713	24.95	15675

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	49	0.26%
proxy	-7	801	4.25%
[Value >= 0]	1	18017	95.49%
	Total	18867	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
29.59	850	0	52.14286	25.06	18017

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	37	0.24%
proxy	-7	522	3.35%
[Value >= 0]	1	15044	96.42%
	Total	15603	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
29.8	559	0	53.0	25.0	15044

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	135	0.86%
proxy	-7	435	2.78%
[Value >= 0]	1	15053	96.35%
	Total	15623	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
29.66	570	0	52.285713	25.02	15053

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	15	0.14%
proxy	-7	358	3.28%
[Value >= 0]	1	10533	96.58%
	Total	10906	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
30.83	373	0	52.14286	24.78	10533

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	21	0.19%
proxy	-7	365	3.26%
[Value >= 0]	1	10807	96.55%
	Total	11193	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
30.1	386	0	52.14286	24.87	10807

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	18	0.19%
proxy	-7	301	3.19%
[Value >= 0]	1	9119	96.62%
	Total	9438	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
30.87	319	0	52.285717	24.69	9119

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	20	0.22%
proxy	-7	422	4.56%
[Value >= 0]	1	8807	95.22%
	Total	9249	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
30.5	442	0	52.14286	24.79	8807

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	36	0.38%
proxy	-7	421	4.44%
[Value >= 0]	1	9024	95.18%
	Total	9481	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
30.35	457	0	52.14286	24.76	9024

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	16	0.17%
proxy	-7	576	6.0%
[Value >= 0]	1	9008	93.83%
	Total	9600	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
30.22	592	0	52.14286	24.79	9008

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	27	0.27%
proxy	-7	386	3.92%
[Value >= 0]	1	9432	95.8%
	Total	9845	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
30.27	413	0	52.285717	24.82	9432

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	86	0.84%
proxy	-7	352	3.43%
[Value >= 0]	1	9826	95.73%
	Total	10264	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
30.97	438	0	52.14286	24.59	9826

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