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Mainstage Variable

hlsvf

Health service:used alternative medicine

Datafile

indresp

Index term

Health and well-being Health service use

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	965	6.69%
Not mentioned	0	12907	89.51%
Used altern medicine	1	547	3.79%
	Total	14419	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	948	6.37%
Not mentioned	0	13319	89.55%
Used altern medicine	1	606	4.07%
	Total	14873	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	977	6.35%
Not mentioned	0	13785	89.56%
Used altern medicine	1	630	4.09%
	Total	15392	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	982	6.29%
Not mentioned	0	13976	89.49%
Used altern medicine	1	659	4.22%
	Total	15617	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	1014	6.42%
Not mentioned	0	14054	89.0%
Used altern medicine	1	723	4.58%
	Total	15791	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
proxy	-7	891	5.49%
Not mentioned	0	14662	90.29%
Used altern medicine	1	684	4.21%
	Total	16238	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	889	5.36%
Not mentioned	0	15029	90.55%
Used altern medicine	1	679	4.09%
	Total	16597	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
proxy	-7	801	4.25%
Not mentioned	0	17278	91.58%
Used altern medicine	1	787	4.17%
	Total	18867	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	14	0.09%
proxy	-7	522	3.35%
Not mentioned	0	14410	92.35%
Used altern medicine	1	657	4.21%
	Total	15603	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	22	0.14%
proxy	-7	435	2.78%
Not mentioned	0	14515	92.91%
Used altern medicine	1	651	4.17%
	Total	15623	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3	0.03%
proxy	-7	358	3.28%
Not mentioned	0	10043	92.09%
Used altern medicine	1	502	4.6%
	Total	10906	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.02%
proxy	-7	365	3.26%
Not mentioned	0	10359	92.55%
Used altern medicine	1	467	4.17%
	Total	11193	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	301	3.19%
Not mentioned	0	8747	92.68%
Used altern medicine	1	390	4.13%
	Total	9438	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	422	4.56%
Not mentioned	0	8469	91.57%
Used altern medicine	1	358	3.87%
	Total	9249	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	9	0.09%
proxy	-7	421	4.44%
Not mentioned	0	8720	91.97%
Used altern medicine	1	331	3.49%
	Total	9481	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3	0.03%
proxy	-7	576	6.0%
Not mentioned	0	8689	90.51%
Used altern medicine	1	332	3.46%
	Total	9600	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	7	0.07%
Not mentioned	0	9527	96.77%
Used altern medicine	1	311	3.16%
	Total	9845	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	8	0.08%
Not mentioned	0	9913	96.58%
Used altern medicine	1	343	3.34%
	Total	10264	100.0%

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