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Mainstage Variable

prjbft

Proxy's job full or part time

Datafile

indresp

Index term

Employment: Labour Force Status

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	4	0.03%
inapplicable	-8	14295	99.14%
Part time	1	18	0.12%
Full time	2	102	0.71%
	Total	14419	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.85	14299	1.0	2.0	0.36	120

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	14709	98.9%
Part time	1	31	0.21%
Full time	2	133	0.89%
	Total	14873	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.81	14709	1.0	2.0	0.39	164

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	15219	98.88%
Part time	1	24	0.16%
Full time	2	149	0.97%
	Total	15392	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.86	15219	1.0	2.0	0.35	173

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	15428	98.79%
Part time	1	32	0.2%
Full time	2	156	1.0%
	Total	15617	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.83	15429	1.0	2.0	0.38	188

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	18	0.11%
inapplicable	-8	15126	95.79%
refusal	-2	1	0.01%
Part time	1	123	0.78%
Full time	2	523	3.31%
	Total	15791	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.81	15145	1.0	2.0	0.39	646

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	7	0.04%
inapplicable	-8	15673	96.52%
Part time	1	110	0.68%
Full time	2	448	2.76%
	Total	16238	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.8	15680	1.0	2.0	0.4	558

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	11	0.07%
inapplicable	-8	16033	96.6%
Part time	1	114	0.69%
Full time	2	439	2.65%
	Total	16597	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.79	16044	1.0	2.0	0.4	553

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	18330	97.15%
Part time	1	93	0.49%
Full time	2	442	2.34%
	Total	18867	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.83	18332	1.0	2.0	0.38	535

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3	0.02%
inapplicable	-8	15265	97.83%
Part time	1	60	0.38%
Full time	2	275	1.76%
	Total	15603	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.82	15268	1.0	2.0	0.38	335

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	4	0.03%
inapplicable	-8	15337	98.17%
Part time	1	40	0.26%
Full time	2	242	1.55%
	Total	15623	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.86	15341	1.0	2.0	0.35	282

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.02%
inapplicable	-8	10676	97.89%
don't know	-1	1	0.01%
Part time	1	46	0.42%
Full time	2	181	1.66%
	Total	10906	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.8	10679	1.0	2.0	0.4	227

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.02%
inapplicable	-8	10961	97.93%
don't know	-1	1	0.01%
Part time	1	24	0.21%
Full time	2	205	1.83%
	Total	11193	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.9	10964	1.0	2.0	0.31	229

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.02%
inapplicable	-8	9245	97.96%
Part time	1	31	0.33%
Full time	2	160	1.7%
	Total	9438	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.84	9247	1.0	2.0	0.37	191

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	8986	97.16%
Part time	1	46	0.5%
Full time	2	217	2.35%
	Total	9249	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.83	8986	1.0	2.0	0.38	263

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	5	0.05%
inapplicable	-8	9208	97.12%
Part time	1	40	0.42%
Full time	2	228	2.4%
	Total	9481	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.85	9213	1.0	2.0	0.36	268

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	6	0.06%
inapplicable	-8	9251	96.36%
don't know	-1	2	0.02%
Part time	1	55	0.57%
Full time	2	286	2.98%
	Total	9600	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.84	9259	1.0	2.0	0.37	341

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	9597	97.48%
Part time	1	29	0.29%
Full time	2	219	2.22%
	Total	9845	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.88	9597	1.0	2.0	0.32	248

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	10045	97.87%
Part time	1	17	0.17%
Full time	2	202	1.97%
	Total	10264	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.92	10045	1.0	2.0	0.27	219

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