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Mainstage Variable

wrkch82

Hours in SE school during school holidays

Datafile

child

Index term

Family and households Childcare Childcare hours

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	7634	100.0%
	Total	7634	100.0%

Valid Observations

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Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	8568	100.0%
	Total	8568	100.0%

Valid Observations

0

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	9557	99.98%
[Value >= 0]	1	2	0.02%
	Total	9559	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
17.0	9557	4.0	30.0	18.38	2

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	10305	99.99%
[Value >= 0]	1	1	0.01%
	Total	10306	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
15.0	10305	15.0	15.0	0	1

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	11545	99.97%
[Value >= 0]	1	2	0.02%
	Total	11548	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
10.0	11546	8.0	12.0	2.83	2

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	12567	99.99%
[Value >= 0]	1	1	0.01%
	Total	12568	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
14.0	12567	14.0	14.0	0	1

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	11543	88.69%
[Value >= 0]	1	1472	11.31%
	Total	13015	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
-9.95	11543	-10.0	36.0	1.35	1472

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	12484	96.79%
refusal	-2	5	0.04%
[Value >= 0]	1	409	3.17%
	Total	12898	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
14.47	12489	0	168.0	17.68	409

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	13631	96.35%
refusal	-2	13	0.09%
[Value >= 0]	1	504	3.56%
	Total	14148	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
14.9	13644	0	816.0	38.71	504

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3	0.02%
inapplicable	-8	15043	96.91%
refusal	-2	11	0.07%
[Value >= 0]	1	466	3.0%
	Total	15523	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
13.65	15057	0	168.0	20.44	466

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	16625	97.01%
refusal	-2	10	0.06%
[Value >= 0]	1	503	2.93%
	Total	17138	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
13.33	16635	0	168.0	19.48	503

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	5	0.03%
inapplicable	-8	17514	98.24%
don't know	-1	7	0.04%
[Value >= 0]	1	301	1.69%
	Total	17827	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
14.62	17526	0	120.0	16.35	301

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