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childb

signs of children under 10

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hhsamp

Index term

Children

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	30662	62.43%
don't know	-1	717	1.46%
Yes	1	855	1.74%
No	2	16881	34.37%
	Total	49115	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	20351	93.25%
don't know	-1	140	0.64%
Yes	1	56	0.26%
No	2	1276	5.85%
	Total	21823	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.0%
inapplicable	-8	19671	88.88%
don't know	-1	1721	7.78%
Yes	1	40	0.18%
No	2	698	3.15%
	Total	22131	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	15736	68.3%
don't know	-1	1850	8.03%
Yes	1	328	1.42%
No	2	5127	22.25%
	Total	23041	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.0%
inapplicable	-8	14159	57.85%
don't know	-1	346	1.41%
Yes	1	597	2.44%
No	2	9373	38.29%
	Total	24476	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.0%
inapplicable	-8	13842	53.34%
don't know	-1	51	0.2%
Yes	1	746	2.87%
No	2	11312	43.59%
	Total	25952	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	10691	37.47%
Yes	1	1007	3.53%
No	2	16832	59.0%
	Total	28530	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	10354	29.54%
Yes	1	1524	4.35%
No	2	23176	66.12%
	Total	35054	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	7085	14.52%
yes	1	2530	5.18%
no	2	39181	80.3%
	Total	48796	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	766	2.59%
don't know	-1	341	1.16%
yes	1	2616	8.86%
no	2	25797	87.39%
	Total	29520	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2251	6.94%
refusal	-2	2	0.01%
don't know	-1	392	1.21%
yes	1	3047	9.4%
no	2	26727	82.44%
	Total	32419	100.0%

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