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Mainstage Variable

xhwght

Household Weight

Datafile

hhsamp

Index term

Sampling Factors

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.45	0	0	2.5	0.65	11415

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.42	0	0	2.5	0.6	11498

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.45	0	0	2.5	0.64	11507

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.41	0	0	2.5	0.6	11915

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.41	0	0	2.5	0.59	12090

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.41	0	0	2.5	0.59	12176

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.42	0	0	2.5	0.6	12209

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.37	0	0	2.5	0.58	13986

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.42	0	0	2.5	0.6	12282

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.44	0	0	2.5	0.6	11944

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.72	0	0	2.5	0.61	7295

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.7	0	0	2.5	0.62	7596

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.83	0	0	2.5	0.58	6487

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.81	0	0	2.5	0.59	6553

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.82	0	0	2.5	0.56	6558

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.84	0	0	2.5	0.54	6534

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.91	0	0	2.5	0.47	5984

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