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yr2uk

Year came to Britain

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indresp

Index term

Geographic Location

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	6	0.06%
inapplicable	-8	9099	96.41%
proxy	-7	301	3.19%
[Value >= 0]	1	32	0.34%
	Total	9438	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
83.03	9406	62.0	96.0	11.69	32

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	6	0.06%
inapplicable	-8	8789	95.03%
proxy	-7	422	4.56%
[Value >= 0]	1	32	0.35%
	Total	9249	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
81.78	9217	59.0	95.0	9.0	32

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	6	0.06%
inapplicable	-8	9009	95.02%
proxy	-7	421	4.44%
[Value >= 0]	1	45	0.47%
	Total	9481	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
83.13	9436	64.0	94.0	8.6	45

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	6	0.06%
inapplicable	-8	8986	93.6%
proxy	-7	576	6.0%
[Value >= 0]	1	32	0.33%
	Total	9600	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
80.66	9568	29.0	93.0	13.88	32

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	29	0.29%
inapplicable	-8	9370	95.18%
proxy	-7	386	3.92%
don't know	-1	2	0.02%
[Value >= 0]	1	58	0.59%
	Total	9845	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
70.91	9787	38.0	92.0	12.8	58

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	60	0.58%
inapplicable	-8	9516	92.71%
don't know	-1	13	0.13%
[Value >= 0]	1	675	6.58%
	Total	10264	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
67.36	9589	6.0	91.0	15.64	675

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