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Mainstage Variable

telwhy

Why has a telephone interview

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indresp

Index term

Interview Characteristics and Conditions

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	15109	95.68%
Too old	1	71	0.45%
Too busy	2	92	0.58%
Other	3	79	0.5%
Care of ill /old	4	16	0.1%
Stressful fam sit	5	39	0.25%
Refused full intv.	6	319	2.02%
HH memb says refuse	7	65	0.41%
	Total	15791	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	15730	96.87%
Too old	1	45	0.28%
Too busy	2	104	0.64%
Other	3	40	0.25%
Care of ill /old	4	6	0.04%
Stressful fam sit	5	44	0.27%
Refused full intv.	6	205	1.26%
HH memb says refuse	7	64	0.39%
	Total	16238	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	16082	96.9%
Too old	1	55	0.33%
Too busy	2	123	0.74%
Other	3	32	0.19%
Care of ill /old	4	19	0.11%
Stressful fam sit	5	36	0.22%
Refused full intv.	6	224	1.35%
HH memb says refuse	7	25	0.15%
	Total	16597	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	18541	98.27%
Too old	1	27	0.14%
Too busy	2	165	0.87%
Other	3	72	0.38%
Care of ill /old	4	17	0.09%
Stressful fam sit	5	6	0.03%
Refused full intv.	6	34	0.18%
HH memb says refuse	7	3	0.02%
	Total	18867	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	14	0.09%
inapplicable	-8	15391	98.64%
Too old	1	18	0.12%
Too busy	2	67	0.43%
Other	3	36	0.23%
Care of ill /old	4	12	0.08%
Stressful fam sit	5	14	0.09%
Refused full intv.	6	50	0.32%
HH memb says refuse	7	1	0.01%
	Total	15603	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	15536	99.44%
Too old	1	3	0.02%
Too busy	2	24	0.15%
Other	3	9	0.06%
Care of ill /old	4	3	0.02%
Stressful fam sit	5	9	0.06%
Refused full intv.	6	36	0.23%
HH memb says refuse	7	3	0.02%
	Total	15623	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.02%
inapplicable	-8	10830	99.3%
Too old	1	3	0.03%
Too busy	2	30	0.28%
Other	3	13	0.12%
Care of ill /old	4	5	0.05%
Stressful fam sit	5	7	0.06%
Refused full intv.	6	14	0.13%
HH memb says refuse	7	2	0.02%
	Total	10906	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	11154	99.65%
Too old	1	1	0.01%
Too busy	2	7	0.06%
Other	3	7	0.06%
Stressful fam sit	5	8	0.07%
Refused full intv.	6	16	0.14%
	Total	11193	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	9386	99.45%
Too old	1	9	0.1%
Too busy	2	30	0.32%
Other	3	4	0.04%
Care of ill /old	4	1	0.01%
Stressful fam sit	5	4	0.04%
Refused full intv.	6	4	0.04%
	Total	9438	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	9113	98.53%
Too old	1	19	0.21%
Too busy	2	67	0.72%
Other	3	19	0.21%
Care of ill /old	4	2	0.02%
Stressful fam sit	5	6	0.06%
Refused full intv.	6	19	0.21%
HH memb says refuse	7	4	0.04%
	Total	9249	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	9369	98.82%
Too old	1	16	0.17%
Too busy	2	57	0.6%
Other	3	7	0.07%
Care of ill /old	4	5	0.05%
Stressful fam sit	5	4	0.04%
Refused full intv.	6	17	0.18%
HH memb says refuse	7	6	0.06%
	Total	9481	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	9348	97.38%
Too ill/old	8	42	0.44%
Too busy	9	116	1.21%
Other	11	14	0.15%
Carer situation/family illness	12	12	0.12%
Stressful family situation	13	11	0.11%
Refused full interview	14	47	0.49%
Other family member opposes survey	15	9	0.09%
	Total	9600	100.0%

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