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train

Taken any part-time courses

Datafile

indresp

Index term

Education: Recent Education and Training

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	965	6.69%
Yes	1	2266	15.72%
No	2	11188	77.59%
	Total	14419	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.83	965	1.0	2.0	0.37	13454

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	948	6.37%
Yes	1	2536	17.05%
No	2	11389	76.58%
	Total	14873	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.82	948	1.0	2.0	0.39	13925

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	977	6.35%
Yes	1	2798	18.18%
No	2	11617	75.47%
	Total	15392	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.81	977	1.0	2.0	0.4	14415

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	16	0.1%
proxy	-7	982	6.29%
Yes	1	3054	19.56%
No	2	11565	74.05%
	Total	15617	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.79	998	1.0	2.0	0.41	14619

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	6	0.04%
proxy	-7	1014	6.42%
Yes	1	3022	19.14%
No	2	11749	74.4%
	Total	15791	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.8	1020	1.0	2.0	0.4	14771

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3	0.02%
proxy	-7	891	5.49%
Yes	1	3047	18.76%
No	2	12297	75.73%
	Total	16238	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.8	894	1.0	2.0	0.4	15344

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3	0.02%
proxy	-7	889	5.36%
Yes	1	2990	18.02%
No	2	12715	76.61%
	Total	16597	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.81	892	1.0	2.0	0.39	15705

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
proxy	-7	801	4.25%
Yes	1	3477	18.43%
No	2	14588	77.32%
	Total	18867	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.81	802	1.0	2.0	0.39	18065

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	6	0.04%
proxy	-7	522	3.35%
Yes	1	3216	20.61%
No	2	11859	76.0%
	Total	15603	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.79	528	1.0	2.0	0.41	15075

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3	0.02%
proxy	-7	435	2.78%
Yes	1	2882	18.45%
No	2	12303	78.75%
	Total	15623	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.81	438	1.0	2.0	0.39	15185

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3	0.03%
proxy	-7	358	3.28%
Yes	1	2088	19.15%
No	2	8457	77.54%
	Total	10906	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.8	361	1.0	2.0	0.4	10545

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