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Mainstage Variable

spjbhr

Spouse/partner's weekly work hours

Datafile

indresp

Index term

Employment: Labour Force Status

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	690	4.79%
inapplicable	-8	8358	57.97%
proxy	-7	60	0.42%
No expected hours	0	68	0.47%
[Value >= 0]	1	5311	36.83%
	Total	14419	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
34.38	9108	0	99.0	12.44	5311

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	660	4.44%
inapplicable	-8	8531	57.36%
proxy	-7	83	0.56%
No expected hours	0	51	0.34%
[Value >= 0]	1	5599	37.65%
	Total	14873	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
34.53	9274	0	99.0	12.24	5599

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	655	4.26%
inapplicable	-8	8885	57.72%
proxy	-7	70	0.45%
No expected hours	0	58	0.38%
[Value >= 0]	1	5782	37.56%
	Total	15392	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
34.74	9610	0	99.0	12.59	5782

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	620	3.97%
inapplicable	-8	9011	57.7%
proxy	-7	85	0.54%
No expected hours	0	84	0.54%
[Value >= 0]	1	5901	37.79%
	Total	15617	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
34.66	9716	0	95.0	12.6	5901

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	641	4.06%
inapplicable	-8	9013	57.08%
proxy	-7	75	0.47%
No expected hours	0	76	0.48%
[Value >= 0]	1	6062	38.39%
	Total	15791	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
34.81	9729	0	99.0	12.78	6062

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	577	3.55%
inapplicable	-8	9324	57.42%
proxy	-7	58	0.36%
No expected hours	0	82	0.5%
[Value >= 0]	1	6279	38.67%
	Total	16238	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
34.9	9959	0	99.0	12.9	6279

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	662	3.99%
inapplicable	-8	9538	57.47%
proxy	-7	61	0.37%
No expected hours	0	84	0.51%
[Value >= 0]	1	6336	38.18%
	Total	16597	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
34.95	10261	0	99.0	12.97	6336

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	722	3.83%
inapplicable	-8	11068	58.66%
proxy	-7	69	0.37%
No expected hours	0	96	0.51%
[Value >= 0]	1	7008	37.14%
	Total	18867	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
35.01	11859	0	99.0	13.08	7008

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	510	3.27%
inapplicable	-8	9113	58.41%
proxy	-7	49	0.31%
No expected hours	0	82	0.53%
[Value >= 0]	1	5931	38.01%
	Total	15603	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
35.12	9672	0	99.0	13.22	5931

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	491	3.14%
inapplicable	-8	9125	58.41%
proxy	-7	44	0.28%
No expected hours	0	95	0.61%
[Value >= 0]	1	5963	38.17%
	Total	15623	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
35.08	9660	0	99.0	13.66	5963

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	290	2.66%
inapplicable	-8	6235	57.17%
proxy	-7	33	0.3%
No expected hours	0	43	0.39%
[Value >= 0]	1	4348	39.87%
	Total	10906	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
35.26	6558	0	99.0	13.67	4348

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	245	2.19%
inapplicable	-8	6548	58.5%
proxy	-7	42	0.38%
No expected hours	0	47	0.42%
[Value >= 0]	1	4358	38.94%
	Total	11193	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
35.38	6835	0	99.0	14.06	4358

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	252	2.67%
inapplicable	-8	5351	56.7%
proxy	-7	44	0.47%
No expected hours	0	34	0.36%
[Value >= 0]	1	3791	40.17%
	Total	9438	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
35.26	5647	0	99.0	13.74	3791

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	259	2.8%
inapplicable	-8	5251	56.77%
proxy	-7	48	0.52%
No expected hours	0	43	0.46%
[Value >= 0]	1	3691	39.91%
	Total	9249	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
35.19	5558	0	99.0	14.1	3691

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	259	2.73%
inapplicable	-8	5486	57.86%
proxy	-7	47	0.5%
No expected hours	0	31	0.33%
[Value >= 0]	1	3689	38.91%
	Total	9481	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
35.3	5792	0	99.0	14.34	3689

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	289	3.01%
inapplicable	-8	5544	57.75%
proxy	-7	57	0.59%
No expected hours	0	37	0.39%
[Value >= 0]	1	3710	38.65%
	Total	9600	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
35.2	5890	0	99.0	14.6	3710

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	190	1.93%
inapplicable	-8	5729	58.19%
proxy	-7	54	0.55%
No expected hours	0	56	0.57%
[Value >= 0]	1	3872	39.33%
	Total	9845	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
35.0	5973	0	99.0	14.68	3872

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	277	2.7%
inapplicable	-8	5893	57.41%
[Value >= 0]	1	4094	39.89%
	Total	10264	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
35.86	6170	0	97.0	14.56	4094

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