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Mainstage Variable

plnew

Resident at present address last year

Datafile

indresp

Index term

Geographic Mobility

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	231	1.6%
Yes	1	12980	90.02%
No	2	1208	8.38%
	Total	14419	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.09	231	1.0	2.0	0.28	14188

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	265	1.78%
Yes	1	13139	88.34%
No	2	1469	9.88%
	Total	14873	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.1	265	1.0	2.0	0.3	14608

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	300	1.95%
Yes	1	13561	88.1%
No	2	1531	9.95%
	Total	15392	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.1	300	1.0	2.0	0.3	15092

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	13	0.08%
proxy	-7	310	1.99%
Yes	1	13805	88.4%
No	2	1489	9.53%
	Total	15617	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.1	323	1.0	2.0	0.3	15294

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	7	0.04%
proxy	-7	1014	6.42%
Yes	1	13279	84.09%
No	2	1491	9.44%
	Total	15791	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.1	1021	1.0	2.0	0.3	14770

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.01%
proxy	-7	891	5.49%
Yes	1	13750	84.68%
No	2	1595	9.82%
	Total	16238	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.1	893	1.0	2.0	0.31	15345

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3	0.02%
proxy	-7	889	5.36%
Yes	1	14083	84.85%
No	2	1622	9.77%
	Total	16597	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.1	892	1.0	2.0	0.3	15705

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	7	0.04%
proxy	-7	801	4.25%
Yes	1	16014	84.88%
No	2	2045	10.84%
	Total	18867	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.11	808	1.0	2.0	0.32	18059

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
proxy	-7	522	3.35%
Yes	1	13226	84.77%
No	2	1854	11.88%
	Total	15603	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.12	523	1.0	2.0	0.33	15080

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
proxy	-7	435	2.78%
Yes	1	13382	85.66%
No	2	1805	11.55%
	Total	15623	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.12	436	1.0	2.0	0.32	15187

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	11	0.1%
proxy	-7	358	3.28%
Yes	1	9155	83.94%
No	2	1382	12.67%
	Total	10906	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.13	369	1.0	2.0	0.34	10537

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	11	0.1%
proxy	-7	365	3.26%
Yes	1	9298	83.07%
No	2	1519	13.57%
	Total	11193	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.14	376	1.0	2.0	0.35	10817

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	301	3.19%
Yes	1	7893	83.63%
No	2	1244	13.18%
	Total	9438	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.14	301	1.0	2.0	0.34	9137

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	9	0.1%
proxy	-7	422	4.56%
Yes	1	7618	82.37%
No	2	1200	12.97%
	Total	9249	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.14	431	1.0	2.0	0.34	8818

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	8	0.08%
proxy	-7	421	4.44%
Yes	1	7828	82.57%
No	2	1224	12.91%
	Total	9481	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.14	429	1.0	2.0	0.34	9052

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	5	0.05%
proxy	-7	576	6.0%
Yes	1	7852	81.79%
No	2	1167	12.16%
	Total	9600	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.13	581	1.0	2.0	0.34	9019

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.02%
proxy	-7	386	3.92%
Yes	1	8345	84.76%
No	2	1112	11.3%
	Total	9845	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.12	388	1.0	2.0	0.32	9457

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