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Mainstage Variable

reasref11

Looking after child(ren)

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child
indall

Index term

Interview Characteristics and Conditions

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	7852	99.1%
Not mentioned	0	71	0.9%
	Total	7923	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	9400	99.19%
Not mentioned	0	77	0.81%
	Total	9477	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	7074	99.38%
Not mentioned	0	44	0.62%
	Total	7118	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	7569	99.15%
Not mentioned	0	65	0.85%
	Total	7634	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	8514	99.37%
Not mentioned	0	54	0.63%
	Total	8568	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	9482	99.19%
Not mentioned	0	76	0.8%
	Total	9559	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	10225	99.21%
Not mentioned	0	80	0.78%
	Total	10306	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	11472	99.34%
Not mentioned	0	76	0.66%
	Total	11548	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.02%
inapplicable	-8	12458	99.12%
Not mentioned	0	108	0.86%
	Total	12568	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	12942	99.44%
not mentioned	0	73	0.56%
	Total	13015	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	48286	98.75%
Not mentioned	0	605	1.24%
Yes mentioned	1	5	0.01%
	Total	48896	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	54442	98.27%
Not mentioned	0	942	1.7%
Yes mentioned	1	16	0.03%
	Total	55400	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	41102	98.8%
Not mentioned	0	497	1.19%
Yes mentioned	1	2	0.0%
	Total	41601	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	42764	98.13%
Not mentioned	0	806	1.85%
Yes mentioned	1	7	0.02%
	Total	43577	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	45938	97.81%
Not mentioned	0	1011	2.15%
Yes mentioned	1	16	0.03%
	Total	46965	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.0%
inapplicable	-8	48920	97.62%
Not mentioned	0	1173	2.34%
Yes mentioned	1	18	0.04%
	Total	50113	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.0%
inapplicable	-8	51244	97.25%
Not mentioned	0	1433	2.72%
Yes mentioned	1	16	0.03%
	Total	52694	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	54750	96.72%
Not mentioned	0	1844	3.26%
Yes mentioned	1	14	0.02%
	Total	56608	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.0%
inapplicable	-8	57555	96.02%
Not mentioned	0	2358	3.93%
Yes mentioned	1	26	0.04%
	Total	59941	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	62359	96.36%
not mentioned	0	2322	3.59%
yes mentioned	1	31	0.05%
	Total	64712	100.0%

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