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Mainstage Variable

prf135

Income: child benefit

Datafile

indresp

Index terms

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	23	0.16%
inapplicable	-8	14292	99.12%
Not mentioned	0	97	0.67%
Child benefit	6	7	0.05%
	Total	14419	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	34	0.23%
inapplicable	-8	14726	99.01%
Not mentioned	0	106	0.71%
Child benefit	6	7	0.05%
	Total	14873	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	48	0.31%
inapplicable	-8	15229	98.94%
Not mentioned	0	107	0.7%
Child benefit	6	8	0.05%
	Total	15392	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	45	0.29%
inapplicable	-8	15453	98.95%
Not mentioned	0	110	0.7%
Child benefit	6	9	0.06%
	Total	15617	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	14	0.09%
inapplicable	-8	15347	97.19%
Not mentioned	0	299	1.89%
Child benefit	6	131	0.83%
	Total	15791	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	43	0.26%
inapplicable	-8	15842	97.56%
Not mentioned	0	259	1.6%
Child benefit	6	94	0.58%
	Total	16238	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	22	0.13%
inapplicable	-8	16136	97.22%
Not mentioned	0	332	2.0%
Child benefit	6	107	0.64%
	Total	16597	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	11	0.06%
inapplicable	-8	18519	98.16%
Not mentioned	0	256	1.36%
Child benefit	6	81	0.43%
	Total	18867	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3	0.02%
inapplicable	-8	15379	98.56%
Not mentioned	0	163	1.04%
Child benefit	6	58	0.37%
	Total	15603	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	15456	98.93%
Not mentioned	0	130	0.83%
Child benefit	6	36	0.23%
	Total	15623	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3	0.03%
inapplicable	-8	10761	98.67%
Not mentioned	0	114	1.05%
Child benefit	6	28	0.26%
	Total	10906	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	11050	98.72%
Not mentioned	0	114	1.02%
Child benefit	6	29	0.26%
	Total	11193	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	9321	98.76%
Not mentioned	0	94	1.0%
Child benefit	6	23	0.24%
	Total	9438	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	9071	98.08%
Not mentioned	0	130	1.41%
Child benefit	6	48	0.52%
	Total	9249	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	9320	98.3%
Not mentioned	0	123	1.3%
Child benefit	6	38	0.4%
	Total	9481	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	4	0.04%
inapplicable	-8	9340	97.29%
Not mentioned	0	185	1.93%
Child benefit	6	71	0.74%
	Total	9600	100.0%

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