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xpgasw

Weeks covered by last gas payment

Datafile

hhresp

Index term

Household Consumption: Heating and Fuel

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	76	1.51%
inapplicable	-8	1443	28.67%
proxy	-7	98	1.95%
don't know	-1	16	0.32%
[Value >= 0]	1	3400	67.55%
	Total	5033	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
8.92	1633	1.0	52.0	5.88	3400

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	96	1.87%
inapplicable	-8	1458	28.44%
proxy	-7	88	1.72%
don't know	-1	6	0.12%
[Value >= 0]	1	3479	67.86%
	Total	5127	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
9.59	1648	1.0	99.9000015258789	7.39	3479

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	89	1.7%
inapplicable	-8	1472	28.13%
proxy	-7	211	4.03%
Period uncodeable	-3	3	0.06%
don't know	-1	2	0.04%
[Value >= 0]	1	3455	66.04%
	Total	5232	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
9.31	1777	0.2000000029802322	78.0	5.26	3455

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	83	1.59%
inapplicable	-8	1552	29.69%
Period uncodeable	-3	7	0.13%
refusal	-2	1	0.02%
don't know	-1	3	0.06%
[Value >= 0]	1	3581	68.51%
	Total	5227	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
9.58	1646	0.2000000029802322	99.9000015258789	5.36	3581

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	92	1.67%
inapplicable	-8	1701	30.87%
Period uncodeable	-3	21	0.38%
don't know	-1	6	0.11%
[Value >= 0]	1	3691	66.98%
	Total	5511	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
9.87	1820	1.0	52.0	4.99	3691

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