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Covid-19 Variable

chsex

Child's sex

Datafiles

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	15.38%
Male	1	7	53.85%
Female	2	4	30.77%
	Total	13	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	3.51%
Male	1	22	38.6%
Female	2	33	57.89%
	Total	57	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	11	0.78%
Male	1	741	52.33%
Female	2	664	46.89%
	Total	1416	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	56	1.95%
inconsistent	0	1	0.03%
Male	1	1430	49.83%
Female	2	1383	48.19%
	Total	2870	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	72	2.41%
inconsistent	0	1	0.03%
Male	1	1475	49.38%
Female	2	1439	48.18%
	Total	2987	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	63	1.91%
inconsistent	0	1	0.03%
Male	1	1632	49.59%
Female	2	1595	48.47%
	Total	3291	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Missing, child not found in annual data	-9	35	1.05%
inconsistent	0	2	0.06%
Male	1	1687	50.51%
Female	2	1616	48.38%
	Total	3340	100.0%

Valid Observations

4311

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Missing	-9	273	19.67%
Male	1	496	35.73%
Female	2	619	44.6%
	Total	1388	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.56	273	1.0	2.0	0.5	1115

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Male	1	689	48.11%
Female	2	743	51.89%
	Total	1432	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Male	1	695	49.26%
Female	2	716	50.74%
	Total	1411	100.0%

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