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Mainstage Variable

penb4

Personal pension started before 1.7.88

Datafile

indresp

Index terms

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	24	0.17%
inapplicable	-8	13056	90.55%
proxy	-7	231	1.6%
Before 1.7.88	1	253	1.75%
1.7.88 or since	2	849	5.89%
Before and after	3	6	0.04%
	Total	14419	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	97	0.65%
inapplicable	-8	13384	89.99%
proxy	-7	265	1.78%
Before 1.7.88	1	274	1.84%
1.7.88 or since	2	841	5.65%
Before and after	3	12	0.08%
	Total	14873	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	7	0.05%
inapplicable	-8	13678	88.86%
proxy	-7	300	1.95%
Before 1.7.88	1	369	2.4%
1.7.88 or since	2	1023	6.65%
Before and after	3	15	0.1%
	Total	15392	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	15	0.1%
inapplicable	-8	13326	85.33%
proxy	-7	982	6.29%
refusal	-2	1	0.01%
Before 1.7.88	1	354	2.27%
1.7.88 or since	2	891	5.71%
Before and after	3	48	0.31%
	Total	15617	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	8	0.05%
inapplicable	-8	13290	84.16%
proxy	-7	1014	6.42%
Before 1.7.88	1	382	2.42%
1.7.88 or since	2	1043	6.61%
Before and after	3	54	0.34%
	Total	15791	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	15	0.09%
inapplicable	-8	13736	84.59%
proxy	-7	891	5.49%
Before 1.7.88	1	448	2.76%
1.7.88 or since	2	1103	6.79%
Before and after	3	45	0.28%
	Total	16238	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	11	0.07%
inapplicable	-8	13979	84.23%
proxy	-7	889	5.36%
Before 1.7.88	1	499	3.01%
1.7.88 or since	2	1167	7.03%
Before and after	3	52	0.31%
	Total	16597	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	10	0.05%
inapplicable	-8	16128	85.48%
proxy	-7	801	4.25%
Before 1.7.88	1	553	2.93%
1.7.88 or since	2	1319	6.99%
Before and after	3	56	0.3%
	Total	18867	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	10	0.06%
inapplicable	-8	13325	85.4%
proxy	-7	522	3.35%
Before 1.7.88	1	482	3.09%
1.7.88 or since	2	1220	7.82%
Before and after	3	44	0.28%
	Total	15603	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	14	0.09%
inapplicable	-8	13389	85.7%
proxy	-7	435	2.78%
Before 1.7.88	1	524	3.35%
1.7.88 or since	2	1221	7.82%
Before and after	3	40	0.26%
	Total	15623	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	7	0.06%
inapplicable	-8	9129	83.71%
proxy	-7	358	3.28%
Before 1.7.88	1	407	3.73%
1.7.88 or since	2	966	8.86%
Before and after	3	39	0.36%
	Total	10906	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	9	0.08%
inapplicable	-8	9376	83.77%
proxy	-7	365	3.26%
don't know	-1	2	0.02%
Before 1.7.88	1	369	3.3%
1.7.88 or since	2	1014	9.06%
Before and after	3	58	0.52%
	Total	11193	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	4	0.04%
inapplicable	-8	7836	83.03%
proxy	-7	301	3.19%
don't know	-1	2	0.02%
Before 1.7.88	1	369	3.91%
1.7.88 or since	2	873	9.25%
Before and after	3	53	0.56%
	Total	9438	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.02%
inapplicable	-8	7493	81.01%
proxy	-7	422	4.56%
don't know	-1	3	0.03%
Before 1.7.88	1	386	4.17%
1.7.88 or since	2	889	9.61%
Before and after	3	54	0.58%
	Total	9249	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	16	0.17%
inapplicable	-8	7592	80.08%
proxy	-7	421	4.44%
don't know	-1	1	0.01%
Before 1.7.88	1	469	4.95%
1.7.88 or since	2	938	9.89%
Before and after	3	44	0.46%
	Total	9481	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	18	0.19%
inapplicable	-8	7507	78.2%
proxy	-7	576	6.0%
don't know	-1	1	0.01%
Before 1.7.88	1	513	5.34%
1.7.88 or since	2	953	9.93%
Before and after	3	32	0.33%
	Total	9600	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	7976	81.02%
proxy	-7	386	3.92%
Before 1.7.88	1	563	5.72%
1.7.88 or since	2	893	9.07%
Before and after	3	27	0.27%
	Total	9845	100.0%

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