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Mainstage Variable

jspayg

Monthly self employed gross pay

Datafile

indresp

Index term

Employment: Self-Employment

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	13290	92.17%
proxy	-7	965	6.69%
[Value >= 0]	1	164	1.14%
	Total	14419	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1226.1	14255	43.29999923706055	9526.0	1219.02	164

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	13766	92.56%
proxy	-7	948	6.37%
[Value >= 0]	1	159	1.07%
	Total	14873	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1210.45	14714	30.0	6495.0	1226.6	159

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	14255	92.61%
proxy	-7	977	6.35%
[Value >= 0]	1	160	1.04%
	Total	15392	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1280.21	15232	4.329999923706055	12990.0	1970.42	160

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	14438	92.45%
proxy	-7	982	6.29%
[Value >= 0]	1	197	1.26%
	Total	15617	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1035.57	15420	47.630001068115234	6000.0	963.0	197

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	14570	92.27%
proxy	-7	1014	6.42%
[Value >= 0]	1	207	1.31%
	Total	15791	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1153.39	15584	21.649999618530277	10000.0	1484.71	207

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	15122	93.13%
proxy	-7	891	5.49%
[Value >= 0]	1	225	1.39%
	Total	16238	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1038.72	16013	20.0	5000.0	1033.52	225

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	15535	93.6%
proxy	-7	889	5.36%
[Value >= 0]	1	173	1.04%
	Total	16597	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
868.14	16424	20.0	5412.5	975.21	173

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	17842	94.57%
proxy	-7	801	4.25%
[Value >= 0]	1	224	1.19%
	Total	18867	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
808.63	18643	0	4330.0	732.19	224

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	14913	95.58%
proxy	-7	522	3.35%
[Value >= 0]	1	168	1.08%
	Total	15603	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
754.46	15435	43.29999923706055	3464.0	792.9	168

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	15015	96.11%
proxy	-7	435	2.78%
[Value >= 0]	1	173	1.11%
	Total	15623	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
773.82	15450	14.9884614944458	3897.0	683.25	173

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	10400	95.36%
proxy	-7	358	3.28%
[Value >= 0]	1	148	1.36%
	Total	10906	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
655.67	10758	0	4000.0	703.25	148

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	10672	95.35%
proxy	-7	365	3.26%
[Value >= 0]	1	156	1.39%
	Total	11193	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
729.35	11037	0	16660.0	1459.5	156

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	8923	94.54%
proxy	-7	301	3.19%
[Value >= 0]	1	214	2.27%
	Total	9438	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
995.1	9224	0	9257.24609375	948.4	214

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	8628	93.29%
proxy	-7	422	4.56%
[Value >= 0]	1	199	2.15%
	Total	9249	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
854.97	9050	0	4166.66650390625	721.98	199

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	8867	93.52%
proxy	-7	421	4.44%
[Value >= 0]	1	193	2.04%
	Total	9481	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
751.04	9288	0	2750.0	620.95	193

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	8829	91.97%
proxy	-7	576	6.0%
[Value >= 0]	1	195	2.03%
	Total	9600	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
828.68	9405	0	3333.333251953125	760.86	195

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	9261	94.07%
proxy	-7	386	3.92%
[Value >= 0]	1	198	2.01%
	Total	9845	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
902.62	9647	0.25	4135.2451171875	782.72	198

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	9683	94.34%
proxy	-7	352	3.43%
[Value >= 0]	1	229	2.23%
	Total	10264	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
849.47	10035	0	5500.0	951.89	229

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