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Mainstage Variable

spse

sp se earn

Datafile

hhresp

Index term

Employment Self-employment Earnings

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
13.1	1826	0	5117.010216346154	117.99	6318

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
15.09	1761	0	6616.102914663462	142.24	6585

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
12.87	1769	0	8293.305288461539	158.78	6834

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
11.23	1729	0	2220.9855018028848	89.15	6980

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
10.69	1811	0	4108.985877403847	99.53	7086

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
10.05	1655	0	3104.038611778846	82.41	7390

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
12.7	1862	0	13802.87920673077	200.84	7490

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
11.04	1885	0	4934.052133413462	123.11	8746

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
9.12	1311	0	1434.356633112981	68.44	7450

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
12.22	1297	0	8423.076923076924	196.99	7500

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
8.06	783	0	1835.479191706731	61.95	5222

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
13.3	748	0	9186.21454326923	169.17	5342

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
12.23	692	0	2015.416766826923	84.13	4372

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
11.17	774	0	3257.965745192308	95.73	4259

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
11.82	749	0	2139.2706580528848	96.42	4378

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
9.55	878	0	1928.877629206731	72.07	4354

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
9.64	671	0	2057.3624549278848	75.18	4556

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
7.81	685	0	2075.749849759616	71.73	4826

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