\begin{table}%t1 \caption{\label{tab:rms}Percentage of variable stars as a function of magnitude (see text for details, numbers in brackets refer to dwarfs only).} \small%\centerline { \begin{tabular}{lrlrlrl} \hline\hline $R$-mag & \multicolumn{6}{c}{\% variable stars} \\ & \multicolumn{2}{c}{IRa01} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{LRc01} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{LRa01} \\ \hline 11.0 & \multicolumn{2}{c}{--} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{--} & 60 & (63) \\ 11.5 & \multicolumn{2}{c}{--} & 67 & (35) & 62 & (47) \\ 12.0 & 56 & (38) & 68 & (36) & 46 & (42) \\ 12.5 & 42 & (33) & 58 & (27) & 39 & (31) \\ 13.0 & 35 & (30) & 54 & (26) & 31 & (33) \\ 13.5 & 28 & (24) & 37 & (17) & 22 & (25) \\ 14.0 & 20 & (21) & 20 & (14) & 17 & (22) \\ 14.5 & 17 & (19) & 9 & (9) & 14 & (19) \\ 15.0 & 11 & (13) & 5 & (8) & 11 & (15) \\ 15.5 & 9 & (11) & 5 & (6) & 11 & (13) \\ 16.0 & 8 & (9) & 5 & (8) & \multicolumn{2}{c}{--} \\ \hline \end{tabular}} \medskip No data is shown for magnitude bins containing fewer than 20~objects. \end{table}