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Mainstage Variable

spjbyr

Whether spse/partner employed last year

Datafile

indresp

Index term

Employment History: Labour Force Status Spells

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1426	9.89%
inapplicable	-8	5253	36.43%
No	0	2490	17.27%
Yes	1	5250	36.41%
	Total	14419	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.68	6679	0	1.0	0.47	7740

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1436	9.66%
inapplicable	-8	5400	36.31%
No	0	2586	17.39%
Yes	1	5451	36.65%
	Total	14873	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.68	6836	0	1.0	0.47	8037

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1463	9.5%
inapplicable	-8	5617	36.49%
No	0	2647	17.2%
Yes	1	5665	36.8%
	Total	15392	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.68	7080	0	1.0	0.47	8312

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1306	8.36%
inapplicable	-8	5727	36.67%
No	0	2658	17.02%
Yes	1	5926	37.95%
	Total	15617	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.69	7033	0	1.0	0.46	8584

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1368	8.66%
inapplicable	-8	5650	35.78%
No	0	2758	17.47%
Yes	1	6015	38.09%
	Total	15791	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.69	7018	0	1.0	0.46	8773

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1229	7.57%
inapplicable	-8	5840	35.97%
No	0	2911	17.93%
Yes	1	6258	38.54%
	Total	16238	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.68	7069	0	1.0	0.47	9169

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1282	7.72%
inapplicable	-8	5984	36.05%
No	0	2966	17.87%
Yes	1	6365	38.35%
	Total	16597	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.68	7266	0	1.0	0.47	9331

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1313	6.96%
inapplicable	-8	6952	36.85%
No	0	3476	18.42%
Yes	1	7126	37.77%
	Total	18867	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.67	8265	0	1.0	0.47	10602

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	891	5.71%
inapplicable	-8	5685	36.44%
No	0	2925	18.75%
Yes	1	6102	39.11%
	Total	15603	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.68	6576	0	1.0	0.47	9027

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	907	5.81%
inapplicable	-8	5680	36.36%
No	0	2905	18.59%
Yes	1	6131	39.24%
	Total	15623	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.68	6587	0	1.0	0.47	9036

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	550	5.04%
inapplicable	-8	3909	35.84%
No	0	1962	17.99%
Yes	1	4485	41.12%
	Total	10906	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.7	4459	0	1.0	0.46	6447

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	511	4.57%
inapplicable	-8	4161	37.18%
No	0	2018	18.03%
Yes	1	4503	40.23%
	Total	11193	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.69	4672	0	1.0	0.46	6521

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	463	4.91%
inapplicable	-8	3410	36.13%
No	0	1599	16.94%
Yes	1	3966	42.02%
	Total	9438	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.71	3873	0	1.0	0.45	5565

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	535	5.78%
inapplicable	-8	3315	35.84%
No	0	1573	17.01%
Yes	1	3826	41.37%
	Total	9249	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.71	3850	0	1.0	0.45	5399

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	503	5.31%
inapplicable	-8	3483	36.74%
No	0	1628	17.17%
Yes	1	3867	40.79%
	Total	9481	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.7	3986	0	1.0	0.46	5495

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	584	6.08%
inapplicable	-8	3504	36.5%
No	0	1613	16.8%
Yes	1	3899	40.61%
	Total	9600	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.71	4088	0	1.0	0.46	5512

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	443	4.5%
inapplicable	-8	3580	36.36%
No	0	1745	17.72%
Yes	1	4077	41.41%
	Total	9845	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.7	4023	0	1.0	0.46	5822

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	478	4.66%
inapplicable	-8	3609	35.16%
No	0	1840	17.93%
Yes	1	4337	42.25%
	Total	10264	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.7	4087	0	1.0	0.46	6177

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