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njisp

No. inactive spells: year to Sept 1

Datafile

indresp

Index term

Employment: Not Working/Seeking Work

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	424	2.94%
proxy	-7	965	6.69%
	0	7813	54.19%
	1	5113	35.46%
	2	102	0.71%
	3	2	0.01%
	Total	14419	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.41	1389	0	3.0	0.51	13030

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	497	3.34%
proxy	-7	948	6.37%
	0	8051	54.13%
	1	5276	35.47%
	2	93	0.63%
	3	6	0.04%
	4	2	0.01%
	Total	14873	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.41	1445	0	4.0	0.51	13428

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	543	3.53%
proxy	-7	977	6.35%
	0	8492	55.17%
	1	5256	34.15%
	2	102	0.66%
	3	19	0.12%
	4	3	0.02%
	Total	15392	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.4	1520	0	4.0	0.52	13872

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
proxy	-7	982	6.29%
	0	8728	55.89%
	1	5696	36.47%
	2	191	1.22%
	3	16	0.1%
	4	2	0.01%
	5	1	0.01%
	Total	15617	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.42	983	0	5.0	0.53	14634

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	1014	6.42%
	0	8872	56.18%
	1	5717	36.2%
	2	177	1.12%
	3	10	0.06%
	5	1	0.01%
	Total	15791	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.41	1014	0	5.0	0.52	14777

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	891	5.49%
	0	9151	56.36%
	1	5995	36.92%
	2	182	1.12%
	3	18	0.11%
	4	1	0.01%
	Total	16238	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.42	891	0	4.0	0.52	15347

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
proxy	-7	889	5.36%
	0	9282	55.93%
	1	6242	37.61%
	2	166	1.0%
	3	15	0.09%
	5	2	0.01%
	Total	16597	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.42	890	0	5.0	0.52	15707

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	5	0.03%
proxy	-7	801	4.25%
	0	10525	55.79%
	1	7306	38.72%
	2	210	1.11%
	3	17	0.09%
	4	3	0.02%
	Total	18867	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.43	806	0	4.0	0.53	18061

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
proxy	-7	522	3.35%
	0	8763	56.16%
	1	6100	39.1%
	2	196	1.26%
	3	20	0.13%
	4	1	0.01%
	Total	15603	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.43	523	0	4.0	0.53	15080

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	71	0.45%
proxy	-7	435	2.78%
	0	8793	56.28%
	1	6139	39.29%
	2	172	1.1%
	3	10	0.06%
	4	1	0.01%
	6	1	0.01%
	7	1	0.01%
	Total	15623	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.43	506	0	7.0	0.53	15117

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.02%
proxy	-7	358	3.28%
	0	6370	58.41%
	1	4088	37.48%
	2	83	0.76%
	3	5	0.05%
	Total	10906	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.4	360	0	3.0	0.51	10546

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	7	0.06%
proxy	-7	365	3.26%
	0	6447	57.6%
	1	4261	38.07%
	2	105	0.94%
	3	7	0.06%
	4	1	0.01%
	Total	11193	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.42	372	0	4.0	0.52	10821

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	301	3.19%
	0	5566	58.97%
	1	3497	37.05%
	2	66	0.7%
	3	7	0.07%
	4	1	0.01%
	Total	9438	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.4	301	0	4.0	0.51	9137

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
proxy	-7	422	4.56%
	0	5351	57.85%
	1	3402	36.78%
	2	69	0.75%
	3	4	0.04%
	Total	9249	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.4	423	0	3.0	0.51	8826

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	27	0.28%
proxy	-7	421	4.44%
	0	5557	58.61%
	1	3414	36.01%
	2	59	0.62%
	3	3	0.03%
	Total	9481	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.39	448	0	3.0	0.5	9033

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
proxy	-7	576	6.0%
	0	5493	57.22%
	1	3464	36.08%
	2	59	0.61%
	3	7	0.07%
	Total	9600	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.4	577	0	3.0	0.51	9023

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	20	0.2%
proxy	-7	386	3.92%
	0	5752	58.43%
	1	3605	36.62%
	2	75	0.76%
	3	7	0.07%
	Total	9845	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.4	406	0	3.0	0.51	9439

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	48	0.47%
proxy	-7	352	3.43%
	0	5940	57.87%
	1	3817	37.19%
	2	99	0.96%
	3	8	0.08%
	Total	10264	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.41	400	0	3.0	0.52	9864

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