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Mainstage Variable

xpmeal

Amount spent eating out per month

Datafile

indresp

Index term

Financial Management: Personal Spending

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
proxy	-7	965	6.69%
refusal	-2	4	0.03%
don't know	-1	37	0.26%
Nothing	0	1619	11.23%
Under 10	1	1047	7.26%
10 - 19	2	1547	10.73%
20 - 29	3	1814	12.58%
30 - 39	4	1478	10.25%
40 - 49	5	1256	8.71%
50 - 59	6	1125	7.8%
60 - 79	7	836	5.8%
80 - 99	8	712	4.94%
100 - 119	9	850	5.89%
120 - 139	10	385	2.67%
140 - 159	11	203	1.41%
160 or over	12	540	3.75%
	Total	14419	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
4.49	1007	0	12.0	3.28	13412

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	5	0.03%
proxy	-7	948	6.37%
refusal	-2	1	0.01%
don't know	-1	58	0.39%
Nothing	0	1787	12.02%
Under 10	1	1186	7.97%
10 - 19	2	1546	10.39%
20 - 29	3	1794	12.06%
30 - 39	4	1435	9.65%
40 - 49	5	1300	8.74%
50 - 59	6	1178	7.92%
60 - 79	7	817	5.49%
80 - 99	8	707	4.75%
100 - 119	9	897	6.03%
120 - 139	10	392	2.64%
140 - 159	11	240	1.61%
160 or over	12	582	3.91%
	Total	14873	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
4.47	1012	0	12.0	3.34	13861

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.01%
proxy	-7	977	6.35%
refusal	-2	7	0.05%
don't know	-1	60	0.39%
Nothing	0	1677	10.9%
Under 10	1	1206	7.84%
10 - 19	2	1636	10.63%
20 - 29	3	2090	13.58%
30 - 39	4	1548	10.06%
40 - 49	5	1372	8.91%
50 - 59	6	1193	7.75%
60 - 79	7	888	5.77%
80 - 99	8	733	4.76%
100 - 119	9	854	5.55%
120 - 139	10	342	2.22%
140 - 159	11	211	1.37%
160 or over	12	596	3.87%
	Total	15392	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
4.43	1046	0	12.0	3.25	14346

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
proxy	-7	982	6.29%
refusal	-2	6	0.04%
don't know	-1	25	0.16%
Nothing	0	1964	12.58%
Under 10	1	1313	8.41%
10 - 19	2	1685	10.79%
20 - 29	3	2078	13.31%
30 - 39	4	1505	9.64%
40 - 49	5	1377	8.82%
50 - 59	6	1105	7.08%
60 - 79	7	865	5.54%
80 - 99	8	699	4.48%
100 - 119	9	873	5.59%
120 - 139	10	373	2.39%
140 - 159	11	214	1.37%
160 or over	12	552	3.53%
	Total	15617	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
4.29	1014	0	12.0	3.28	14603

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
proxy	-7	1014	6.42%
refusal	-2	7	0.04%
don't know	-1	45	0.28%
Nothing	0	1877	11.89%
Under 10	1	1368	8.66%
10 - 19	2	1747	11.06%
20 - 29	3	2118	13.41%
30 - 39	4	1494	9.46%
40 - 49	5	1403	8.88%
50 - 59	6	1167	7.39%
60 - 79	7	904	5.72%
80 - 99	8	686	4.34%
100 - 119	9	864	5.47%
120 - 139	10	349	2.21%
140 - 159	11	209	1.32%
160 or over	12	538	3.41%
	Total	15791	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
4.28	1067	0	12.0	3.24	14724

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.01%
proxy	-7	891	5.49%
refusal	-2	12	0.07%
don't know	-1	38	0.23%
Nothing	0	2176	13.4%
Under 10	1	1543	9.5%
10 - 19	2	1892	11.65%
20 - 29	3	2105	12.96%
30 - 39	4	1594	9.82%
40 - 49	5	1338	8.24%
50 - 59	6	1139	7.01%
60 - 79	7	843	5.19%
80 - 99	8	742	4.57%
100 - 119	9	780	4.8%
120 - 139	10	389	2.4%
140 - 159	11	197	1.21%
160 or over	12	557	3.43%
	Total	16238	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
4.13	943	0	12.0	3.26	15295

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3	0.02%
proxy	-7	889	5.36%
refusal	-2	7	0.04%
don't know	-1	50	0.3%
Nothing	0	2137	12.88%
Under 10	1	1702	10.25%
10 - 19	2	1985	11.96%
20 - 29	3	2219	13.37%
30 - 39	4	1629	9.82%
40 - 49	5	1435	8.65%
50 - 59	6	1120	6.75%
60 - 79	7	877	5.28%
80 - 99	8	673	4.05%
100 - 119	9	813	4.9%
120 - 139	10	348	2.1%
140 - 159	11	195	1.17%
160 or over	12	515	3.1%
	Total	16597	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
4.05	949	0	12.0	3.19	15648

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
proxy	-7	801	4.25%
refusal	-2	8	0.04%
don't know	-1	74	0.39%
Nothing	0	3210	17.01%
Under 10	1	2130	11.29%
10 - 19	2	2306	12.22%
20 - 29	3	2443	12.95%
30 - 39	4	1705	9.04%
40 - 49	5	1524	8.08%
50 - 59	6	1233	6.54%
60 - 79	7	908	4.81%
80 - 99	8	702	3.72%
100 - 119	9	807	4.28%
120 - 139	10	356	1.89%
140 - 159	11	183	0.97%
160 or over	12	476	2.52%
	Total	18867	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
3.69	884	0	12.0	3.15	17983

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	522	3.35%
refusal	-2	17	0.11%
don't know	-1	50	0.32%
Nothing	0	2377	15.23%
Under 10	1	1882	12.06%
10 - 19	2	2027	12.99%
20 - 29	3	2099	13.45%
30 - 39	4	1517	9.72%
40 - 49	5	1253	8.03%
50 - 59	6	1035	6.63%
60 - 79	7	766	4.91%
80 - 99	8	647	4.15%
100 - 119	9	601	3.85%
120 - 139	10	239	1.53%
140 - 159	11	170	1.09%
160 or over	12	401	2.57%
	Total	15603	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
3.72	589	0	12.0	3.1	15014

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3	0.02%
proxy	-7	435	2.78%
refusal	-2	30	0.19%
don't know	-1	64	0.41%
Nothing	0	3186	20.39%
Under 10	1	2124	13.6%
10 - 19	2	2111	13.51%
20 - 29	3	2001	12.81%
30 - 39	4	1312	8.4%
40 - 49	5	1103	7.06%
50 - 59	6	900	5.76%
60 - 79	7	649	4.15%
80 - 99	8	517	3.31%
100 - 119	9	548	3.51%
120 - 139	10	197	1.26%
140 - 159	11	125	0.8%
160 or over	12	318	2.04%
	Total	15623	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
3.27	532	0	12.0	3.03	15091

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	5	0.05%
proxy	-7	358	3.28%
refusal	-2	10	0.09%
don't know	-1	35	0.32%
Nothing	0	1773	16.26%
Under 10	1	1454	13.33%
10 - 19	2	1598	14.65%
20 - 29	3	1485	13.62%
30 - 39	4	1006	9.22%
40 - 49	5	865	7.93%
50 - 59	6	623	5.71%
60 - 79	7	475	4.36%
80 - 99	8	399	3.66%
100 - 119	9	372	3.41%
120 - 139	10	162	1.49%
140 - 159	11	80	0.73%
160 or over	12	206	1.89%
	Total	10906	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
3.43	408	0	12.0	2.96	10498

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	5	0.04%
proxy	-7	365	3.26%
refusal	-2	1	0.01%
don't know	-1	31	0.28%
Nothing	0	2315	20.68%
Under 10	1	1586	14.17%
10 - 19	2	1563	13.96%
20 - 29	3	1537	13.73%
30 - 39	4	916	8.18%
40 - 49	5	761	6.8%
50 - 59	6	610	5.45%
60 - 79	7	399	3.56%
80 - 99	8	331	2.96%
100 - 119	9	355	3.17%
120 - 139	10	149	1.33%
140 - 159	11	85	0.76%
160 or over	12	184	1.64%
	Total	11193	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
3.12	402	0	12.0	2.94	10791

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