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Mainstage Variable

ypvte6

level of interest in politics

Datafile

youth

Index terms

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	16	0.96%
Very interested	1	63	3.79%
Fairly interested	2	419	25.2%
Not interested	3	1165	70.05%
	Total	1663	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	70	2.48%
Very interested	1	189	6.7%
Fairly interested	2	818	29.0%
Not interested	3	1744	61.82%
	Total	2821	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	115	3.17%
Very interested	1	213	5.87%
Fairly interested	2	1069	29.45%
Not interested	3	2233	61.52%
	Total	3630	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	220	6.02%
very interested	1	99	2.71%
fairly interested	2	766	20.96%
not interested	3	2570	70.31%
	Total	3655	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	111	2.51%
very interested	1	172	3.89%
fairly interested	2	1094	24.71%
not interested	3	3050	68.9%
	Total	4427	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	4	0.33%
don't know	-1	2	0.16%
very interested	1	60	4.91%
fairly interested	2	343	28.07%
not interested	3	813	66.53%
	Total	1222	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	9	0.72%
don't know	-1	1	0.08%
very interested	1	55	4.42%
fairly interested	2	344	27.63%
not interested	3	836	67.15%
	Total	1245	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	9	0.66%
very interested	1	52	3.82%
fairly interested	2	358	26.32%
not interested	3	941	69.19%
	Total	1360	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	16	1.13%
don't know	-1	3	0.21%
very interested	1	50	3.54%
fairly interested	2	415	29.37%
not interested	3	929	65.75%
	Total	1413	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	6	0.43%
don't know	-1	3	0.21%
very interested	1	52	3.72%
fairly interested	2	352	25.2%
not interested	3	984	70.44%
	Total	1397	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	4	0.33%
don't know	-1	1	0.08%
very interested	1	32	2.63%
fairly interested	2	303	24.86%
not interested	3	879	72.11%
	Total	1219	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	7	0.55%
don't know	-1	1	0.08%
very interested	1	37	2.89%
fairly interested	2	350	27.37%
not interested	3	884	69.12%
	Total	1279	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	6	0.42%
don't know	-1	1	0.07%
very interested	1	45	3.18%
fairly interested	2	409	28.95%
not interested	3	952	67.37%
	Total	1413	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	5	0.35%
very interested	1	46	3.25%
fairly interested	2	378	26.73%
not interested	3	985	69.66%
	Total	1414	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.21%
don't know	-1	1	0.11%
very interested	1	31	3.3%
fairly interested	2	233	24.84%
not interested	3	671	71.54%
	Total	938	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	4	0.42%
very interested	1	22	2.33%
fairly interested	2	225	23.78%
not interested	3	695	73.47%
	Total	946	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.28%
very interested	1	24	3.33%
fairly interested	2	201	27.92%
not interested	3	493	68.47%
	Total	720	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3	0.4%
refusal	-2	1	0.13%
very interested	1	21	2.81%
fairly interested	2	167	22.33%
not interested	3	556	74.33%
	Total	748	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	8	1.07%
don't know	-1	2	0.27%
very interested	1	25	3.34%
fairly interested	2	172	22.96%
not interested	3	542	72.36%
	Total	749	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	5	0.65%
very interested	1	21	2.72%
fairly interested	2	186	24.06%
not interested	3	561	72.57%
	Total	773	100.0%

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