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Mainstage Variable

qfede

Qualifications: any GCSEs grade A-C

Datafile

indresp

Index terms

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	12975	89.99%
proxy	-7	965	6.69%
Not mentioned	0	240	1.66%
GCSE grades A-C	1	239	1.66%
	Total	14419	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	13315	89.52%
proxy	-7	948	6.37%
Not mentioned	0	296	1.99%
GCSE grades A-C	1	313	2.1%
	Total	14873	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	5	0.03%
inapplicable	-8	13788	89.58%
proxy	-7	977	6.35%
Not mentioned	0	301	1.96%
GCSE grades A-C	1	321	2.09%
	Total	15392	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	14	0.09%
inapplicable	-8	13906	89.04%
proxy	-7	982	6.29%
Not mentioned	0	356	2.28%
GCSE grades A-C	1	359	2.3%
	Total	15617	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	8	0.05%
inapplicable	-8	14098	89.28%
proxy	-7	1014	6.42%
Not mentioned	0	360	2.28%
GCSE grades A-C	1	311	1.97%
	Total	15791	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	10	0.06%
inapplicable	-8	14558	89.65%
proxy	-7	891	5.49%
Not mentioned	0	417	2.57%
GCSE grades A-C	1	362	2.23%
	Total	16238	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	13	0.08%
inapplicable	-8	14906	89.81%
proxy	-7	889	5.36%
Not mentioned	0	454	2.74%
GCSE grades A-C	1	335	2.02%
	Total	16597	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	20	0.11%
inapplicable	-8	14009	74.25%
proxy	-7	801	4.25%
Not mentioned	0	3043	16.13%
GCSE grades A-C	1	994	5.27%
	Total	18867	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	30	0.19%
inapplicable	-8	13782	88.33%
proxy	-7	522	3.35%
Not mentioned	0	906	5.81%
GCSE grades A-C	1	363	2.33%
	Total	15603	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	48	0.31%
inapplicable	-8	9851	63.05%
proxy	-7	435	2.78%
Not mentioned	0	4691	30.03%
GCSE grades A-C	1	598	3.83%
	Total	15623	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3	0.03%
inapplicable	-8	9983	91.54%
proxy	-7	358	3.28%
Not mentioned	0	314	2.88%
GCSE grades A-C	1	248	2.27%
	Total	10906	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	5	0.04%
inapplicable	-8	8577	76.63%
proxy	-7	365	3.26%
Not mentioned	0	1856	16.58%
GCSE grades A-C	1	390	3.48%
	Total	11193	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	8530	90.38%
proxy	-7	301	3.19%
Not mentioned	0	350	3.71%
GCSE grades A-C	1	257	2.72%
	Total	9438	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.02%
inapplicable	-8	8322	89.98%
proxy	-7	422	4.56%
Not mentioned	0	269	2.91%
GCSE grades A-C	1	234	2.53%
	Total	9249	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	7	0.07%
inapplicable	-8	8482	89.46%
proxy	-7	421	4.44%
Not mentioned	0	389	4.1%
GCSE grades A-C	1	182	1.92%
	Total	9481	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	4	0.04%
inapplicable	-8	8426	87.77%
proxy	-7	576	6.0%
Not mentioned	0	400	4.17%
GCSE grades A-C	1	194	2.02%
	Total	9600	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	10	0.1%
inapplicable	-8	8593	87.28%
proxy	-7	386	3.92%
Not mentioned	0	695	7.06%
GCSE grades A-C	1	161	1.64%
	Total	9845	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	10	0.1%
proxy	-7	352	3.43%
Not mentioned	0	9351	91.1%
GCSE grades A-C	1	551	5.37%
	Total	10264	100.0%

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