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Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	8203	56.89%
proxy	-7	965	6.69%
refusal	-2	7	0.05%
don't know	-1	73	0.51%
Holidays	1	922	6.39%
Old age	2	366	2.54%
Car	3	159	1.1%
Children	4	210	1.46%
House purchase	5	238	1.65%
Home improv	6	136	0.94%
HH bills	7	107	0.74%
Special evnts	8	340	2.36%
No spec reason	9	2291	15.89%
Share schemes	10	6	0.04%
Own education	11	50	0.35%
Grandchild	12	21	0.15%
Other	96	324	2.25%
	Total	14419	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	9	0.06%
inapplicable	-8	8235	55.37%
proxy	-7	948	6.37%
refusal	-2	1	0.01%
don't know	-1	71	0.48%
Holidays	1	1125	7.56%
Old age	2	397	2.67%
Car	3	190	1.28%
Children	4	197	1.32%
House purchase	5	279	1.88%
Home improv	6	174	1.17%
HH bills	7	108	0.73%
Special evnts	8	362	2.43%
No spec reason	9	2360	15.87%
Share schemes	10	14	0.09%
Own education	11	53	0.36%
Grandchild	12	27	0.18%
Other	96	323	2.17%
	Total	14873	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3	0.02%
inapplicable	-8	8695	56.49%
proxy	-7	977	6.35%
refusal	-2	2	0.01%
don't know	-1	83	0.54%
Holidays	1	1115	7.24%
Old age	2	478	3.11%
Car	3	203	1.32%
Children	4	197	1.28%
House purchase	5	332	2.16%
Home improv	6	150	0.97%
HH bills	7	89	0.58%
Special evnts	8	356	2.31%
No spec reason	9	2326	15.11%
Share schemes	10	8	0.05%
Own education	11	56	0.36%
Grandchild	12	25	0.16%
Other	96	297	1.93%
	Total	15392	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	22	0.14%
inapplicable	-8	8622	55.21%
proxy	-7	982	6.29%
refusal	-2	7	0.04%
don't know	-1	71	0.45%
Holidays	1	1159	7.42%
Old age	2	415	2.66%
Car	3	228	1.46%
Children	4	205	1.31%
House purchase	5	290	1.86%
Home improv	6	197	1.26%
HH bills	7	114	0.73%
Special evnts	8	345	2.21%
No spec reason	9	2497	15.99%
Share schemes	10	11	0.07%
Own education	11	69	0.44%
Grandchild	12	33	0.21%
Other	96	350	2.24%
	Total	15617	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	4	0.03%
inapplicable	-8	8667	54.89%
proxy	-7	1014	6.42%
refusal	-2	1	0.01%
don't know	-1	64	0.41%
Holidays	1	1201	7.61%
Old age	2	476	3.01%
Car	3	218	1.38%
Children	4	222	1.41%
House purchase	5	302	1.91%
Home improv	6	179	1.13%
HH bills	7	84	0.53%
Special evnts	8	343	2.17%
No spec reason	9	2533	16.04%
Share schemes	10	12	0.08%
Own education	11	84	0.53%
Grandchild	12	30	0.19%
Other	96	357	2.26%
	Total	15791	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	241	1.48%
inapplicable	-8	8908	54.86%
proxy	-7	891	5.49%
refusal	-2	6	0.04%
don't know	-1	69	0.42%
Holidays	1	1258	7.75%
Old age	2	442	2.72%
Car	3	200	1.23%
Children	4	235	1.45%
House purchase	5	329	2.03%
Home improv	6	204	1.26%
HH bills	7	114	0.7%
Special evnts	8	367	2.26%
No spec reason	9	2606	16.05%
Share schemes	10	12	0.07%
Own education	11	67	0.41%
Grandchild	12	29	0.18%
Other	96	260	1.6%
	Total	16238	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	69	0.42%
inapplicable	-8	9115	54.92%
proxy	-7	889	5.36%
refusal	-2	9	0.05%
don't know	-1	110	0.66%
Holidays	1	1300	7.83%
Old age	2	510	3.07%
Car	3	227	1.37%
Children	4	231	1.39%
House purchase	5	327	1.97%
Home improv	6	232	1.4%
HH bills	7	106	0.64%
Special evnts	8	369	2.22%
No spec reason	9	2657	16.01%
Share schemes	10	21	0.13%
Own education	11	73	0.44%
Grandchild	12	20	0.12%
Other	96	332	2.0%
	Total	16597	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	583	3.09%
inapplicable	-8	11050	58.57%
proxy	-7	801	4.25%
refusal	-2	4	0.02%
don't know	-1	109	0.58%
Holidays	1	1339	7.1%
Old age	2	556	2.95%
Car	3	249	1.32%
Children	4	302	1.6%
House purchase	5	328	1.74%
Home improv	6	224	1.19%
HH bills	7	116	0.61%
Special evnts	8	373	1.98%
No spec reason	9	2537	13.45%
Share schemes	10	20	0.11%
Own education	11	46	0.24%
Grandchild	12	17	0.09%
Other	96	213	1.13%
	Total	18867	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	43	0.28%
inapplicable	-8	8865	56.82%
proxy	-7	522	3.35%
refusal	-2	5	0.03%
don't know	-1	124	0.79%
Holidays	1	1398	8.96%
Old age	2	518	3.32%
Car	3	203	1.3%
Children	4	215	1.38%
House purchase	5	297	1.9%
Home improv	6	205	1.31%
HH bills	7	80	0.51%
Special evnts	8	346	2.22%
No spec reason	9	2388	15.3%
Share schemes	10	21	0.13%
Own education	11	60	0.38%
Grandchild	12	32	0.21%
Other	96	281	1.8%
	Total	15603	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	9	0.06%
inapplicable	-8	9614	61.54%
proxy	-7	435	2.78%
refusal	-2	77	0.49%
don't know	-1	91	0.58%
Holidays	1	1296	8.3%
Old age	2	480	3.07%
Car	3	203	1.3%
Children	4	219	1.4%
House purchase	5	265	1.7%
Home improv	6	194	1.24%
HH bills	7	59	0.38%
Special evnts	8	299	1.91%
No spec reason	9	2121	13.58%
Share schemes	10	33	0.21%
Own education	11	66	0.42%
Grandchild	12	27	0.17%
Other	96	135	0.86%
	Total	15623	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	106	0.97%
inapplicable	-8	6233	57.15%
proxy	-7	358	3.28%
refusal	-2	7	0.06%
don't know	-1	51	0.47%
Holidays	1	844	7.74%
Old age	2	325	2.98%
Car	3	175	1.6%
Children	4	139	1.27%
House purchase	5	218	2.0%
Home improv	6	153	1.4%
HH bills	7	48	0.44%
Special evnts	8	213	1.95%
No spec reason	9	1782	16.34%
Share schemes	10	43	0.39%
Own education	11	58	0.53%
Grandchild	12	13	0.12%
Other	96	140	1.28%
	Total	10906	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	210	1.88%
inapplicable	-8	6519	58.24%
proxy	-7	365	3.26%
refusal	-2	4	0.04%
don't know	-1	41	0.37%
Holidays	1	818	7.31%
Old age	2	309	2.76%
Car	3	157	1.4%
Children	4	135	1.21%
House purchase	5	214	1.91%
Home improv	6	160	1.43%
HH bills	7	56	0.5%
Special evnts	8	242	2.16%
No spec reason	9	1713	15.3%
Share schemes	10	33	0.29%
Own education	11	39	0.35%
Grandchild	12	14	0.13%
Other	96	164	1.47%
	Total	11193	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	76	0.81%
inapplicable	-8	5410	57.32%
proxy	-7	301	3.19%
refusal	-2	4	0.04%
don't know	-1	34	0.36%
Holidays	1	727	7.7%
Old age	2	293	3.1%
Car	3	147	1.56%
Children	4	121	1.28%
House purchase	5	224	2.37%
Home improv	6	127	1.35%
HH bills	7	46	0.49%
Special evnts	8	192	2.03%
No spec reason	9	1503	15.92%
Share schemes	10	31	0.33%
Own education	11	41	0.43%
Grandchild	12	5	0.05%
Other	96	156	1.65%
	Total	9438	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	26	0.28%
inapplicable	-8	5326	57.58%
proxy	-7	422	4.56%
don't know	-1	25	0.27%
Holidays	1	588	6.36%
Old age	2	271	2.93%
Car	3	171	1.85%
Children	4	118	1.28%
House purchase	5	176	1.9%
Home improv	6	113	1.22%
HH bills	7	34	0.37%
Special evnts	8	189	2.04%
No spec reason	9	1580	17.08%
Share schemes	10	39	0.42%
Own education	11	24	0.26%
Grandchild	12	11	0.12%
Other	96	136	1.47%
	Total	9249	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	30	0.32%
inapplicable	-8	5736	60.5%
proxy	-7	421	4.44%
refusal	-2	1	0.01%
don't know	-1	25	0.26%
Holidays	1	572	6.03%
Old age	2	230	2.43%
Car	3	161	1.7%
Children	4	86	0.91%
House purchase	5	172	1.81%
Home improv	6	130	1.37%
HH bills	7	35	0.37%
Special evnts	8	214	2.26%
No spec reason	9	1427	15.05%
Other	96	241	2.54%
	Total	9481	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	37	0.39%
inapplicable	-8	5731	59.7%
proxy	-7	576	6.0%
refusal	-2	2	0.02%
don't know	-1	16	0.17%
Holidays	1	612	6.38%
Old age	2	241	2.51%
Car	3	156	1.62%
Children	4	102	1.06%
House purchase	5	176	1.83%
Home improv	6	125	1.3%
HH bills	7	49	0.51%
Special evnts	8	209	2.18%
No spec reason	9	1378	14.35%
Other	96	190	1.98%
	Total	9600	100.0%

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