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Mainstage Variable

paju_bh

Father not working when resp. aged 14

Datafile

indresp

Index term

Socio-demographic Characteristics

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	13419	93.06%
proxy	-7	965	6.69%
don't know	-1	4	0.03%
Father not work	0	13	0.09%
Father deceased	1	4	0.03%
Father not live	2	14	0.1%
	Total	14419	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.03	14388	0	2.0	0.95	31

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	13887	93.37%
proxy	-7	948	6.37%
don't know	-1	6	0.04%
Father not work	0	12	0.08%
Father deceased	1	5	0.03%
Father not live	2	15	0.1%
	Total	14873	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.09	14841	0	2.0	0.93	32

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	14356	93.27%
proxy	-7	977	6.35%
don't know	-1	13	0.08%
Father not work	0	20	0.13%
Father deceased	1	7	0.05%
Father not live	2	17	0.11%
	Total	15392	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.93	15348	0	2.0	0.93	44

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	12	0.08%
inapplicable	-8	14558	93.22%
proxy	-7	982	6.29%
don't know	-1	8	0.05%
Father not work	0	25	0.16%
Father deceased	1	6	0.04%
Father not live	2	26	0.17%
	Total	15617	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.02	15560	0	2.0	0.95	57

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	8	0.05%
inapplicable	-8	14710	93.15%
proxy	-7	1014	6.42%
don't know	-1	7	0.04%
Father not work	0	20	0.13%
Father deceased	1	18	0.11%
Father not live	2	14	0.09%
	Total	15791	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.88	15739	0	2.0	0.81	52

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	10	0.06%
inapplicable	-8	15269	94.03%
proxy	-7	891	5.49%
don't know	-1	8	0.05%
Father not work	0	23	0.14%
Father deceased	1	18	0.11%
Father not live	2	19	0.12%
	Total	16238	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.93	16178	0	2.0	0.84	60

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	12	0.07%
inapplicable	-8	15619	94.11%
proxy	-7	889	5.36%
refusal	-2	1	0.01%
don't know	-1	14	0.08%
Father not work	0	30	0.18%
Father deceased	1	19	0.11%
Father not live	2	13	0.08%
	Total	16597	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.73	16535	0	2.0	0.79	62

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	14	0.07%
inapplicable	-8	17517	92.84%
proxy	-7	801	4.25%
don't know	-1	32	0.17%
Father not work	0	225	1.19%
Father deceased	1	173	0.92%
Father not live	2	105	0.56%
	Total	18867	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.76	18364	0	2.0	0.77	503

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	22	0.14%
inapplicable	-8	14920	95.62%
proxy	-7	522	3.35%
don't know	-1	26	0.17%
Father not work	0	42	0.27%
Father deceased	1	32	0.21%
Father not live	2	39	0.25%
	Total	15603	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.97	15490	0	2.0	0.85	113

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	10	0.06%
inapplicable	-8	14484	92.71%
proxy	-7	435	2.78%
don't know	-1	120	0.77%
Father not work	0	189	1.21%
Father deceased	1	251	1.61%
Father not live	2	134	0.86%
	Total	15623	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.9	15049	0	2.0	0.74	574

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	10147	93.04%
proxy	-7	358	3.28%
don't know	-1	79	0.72%
Father not work	0	114	1.05%
Father deceased	1	119	1.09%
Father not live	2	88	0.81%
	Total	10906	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.92	10585	0	2.0	0.79	321

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	42	0.41%
inapplicable	-8	8636	84.14%
proxy	-7	352	3.43%
refusal	-2	6	0.06%
don't know	-1	345	3.36%
Father not work	0	356	3.47%
Father deceased	1	527	5.13%
	Total	10264	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.6	9381	0	1.0	0.49	883

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