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Mainstage Variable

nmar_bh

No. of times resp. married

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indresp

Index term

Marital and Cohabitation History

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	13203	91.57%
proxy	-7	965	6.69%
Never married	0	187	1.3%
Once	1	50	0.35%
Twice	2	13	0.09%
Three times	3	1	0.01%
	Total	14419	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.31	14168	0	3.0	0.59	251

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	13602	91.45%
proxy	-7	948	6.37%
Never married	0	229	1.54%
Once	1	72	0.48%
Twice	2	19	0.13%
Three times	3	3	0.02%
	Total	14873	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.37	14550	0	3.0	0.64	323

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	14011	91.03%
proxy	-7	977	6.35%
Never married	0	303	1.97%
Once	1	83	0.54%
Twice	2	15	0.1%
More than three	4	1	0.01%
	Total	15392	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.29	14990	0	4.0	0.56	402

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	12	0.08%
inapplicable	-8	14180	90.8%
proxy	-7	982	6.29%
Never married	0	322	2.06%
Once	1	98	0.63%
Twice	2	17	0.11%
Three times	3	6	0.04%
	Total	15617	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.34	15174	0	3.0	0.62	443

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	8	0.05%
inapplicable	-8	14365	90.97%
proxy	-7	1014	6.42%
Never married	0	258	1.63%
Once	1	113	0.72%
Twice	2	26	0.16%
Three times	3	5	0.03%
More than three	4	2	0.01%
	Total	15791	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.47	15387	0	4.0	0.72	404

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	132	0.81%
inapplicable	-8	14833	91.35%
proxy	-7	891	5.49%
Never married	0	241	1.48%
Once	1	115	0.71%
Twice	2	24	0.15%
Three times	3	2	0.01%
	Total	16238	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.44	15856	0	3.0	0.64	382

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	166	1.0%
inapplicable	-8	13269	79.95%
proxy	-7	889	5.36%
Never married	0	137	0.83%
Once	1	1999	12.04%
Twice	2	128	0.77%
Three times	3	8	0.05%
More than three	4	1	0.01%
	Total	16597	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.0	14324	0	4.0	0.37	2273

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	6	0.03%
inapplicable	-8	11052	58.58%
proxy	-7	801	4.25%
Never married	0	1138	6.03%
Once	1	5266	27.91%
Twice	2	548	2.9%
Three times	3	52	0.28%
More than three	4	4	0.02%
	Total	18867	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.93	11859	0	4.0	0.52	7008

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	23	0.15%
inapplicable	-8	14018	89.84%
proxy	-7	522	3.35%
Never married	0	521	3.34%
Once	1	445	2.85%
Twice	2	66	0.42%
Three times	3	7	0.04%
More than three	4	1	0.01%
	Total	15603	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.58	14563	0	4.0	0.65	1040

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	28	0.18%
inapplicable	-8	10007	64.05%
proxy	-7	435	2.78%
Never married	0	1460	9.35%
Once	1	3236	20.71%
Twice	2	415	2.66%
Three times	3	41	0.26%
More than three	4	1	0.01%
	Total	15623	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.81	10470	0	4.0	0.6	5153

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	27	0.25%
inapplicable	-8	7898	72.42%
proxy	-7	358	3.28%
Never married	0	848	7.78%
Once	1	1417	12.99%
Twice	2	328	3.01%
Three times	3	28	0.26%
More than three	4	2	0.02%
	Total	10906	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.83	8283	0	4.0	0.68	2623

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.02%
inapplicable	-8	2457	24.96%
proxy	-7	386	3.92%
Once	1	6103	61.99%
Twice	2	830	8.43%
Three times	3	64	0.65%
More than three	4	3	0.03%
	Total	9845	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.14	2845	1.0	4.0	0.37	7000

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