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Datafile

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Index term

Employment Employment history Employment spell

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	32774	99.77%
proxy	-7	74	0.23%
Not mentioned	0	1	0.0%
	Total	32849	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	35336	99.62%
proxy	-7	134	0.38%
Yes mentioned	1	1	0.0%
	Total	35471	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	27894	99.63%
proxy	-7	104	0.37%
	Total	27998	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	29067	99.3%
proxy	-7	198	0.68%
Not mentioned	0	6	0.02%
	Total	29271	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	31541	98.54%
proxy	-7	464	1.45%
Not mentioned	0	3	0.01%
	Total	32008	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	33515	97.66%
proxy	-7	804	2.34%
	Total	34319	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	34959	96.95%
proxy	-7	1096	3.04%
Not mentioned	0	3	0.01%
	Total	36058	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	37604	95.7%
proxy	-7	1683	4.28%
Not mentioned	0	7	0.02%
	Total	39294	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	39333	93.27%
proxy	-7	2832	6.72%
Not mentioned	0	4	0.01%
Mentioned	1	1	0.0%
	Total	42170	100.0%

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