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yptruant

Ever played truant

Datafile

youth

Index term

Children

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	41	2.53%
Yes	1	149	9.18%
No	2	1433	88.29%
	Total	1623	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	24	1.36%
Yes	1	122	6.91%
No	2	1620	91.73%
	Total	1766	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	25	1.5%
Yes	1	93	5.59%
No	2	1545	92.9%
	Total	1663	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	24	1.14%
Yes	1	144	6.86%
No	2	1932	92.0%
	Total	2100	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	34	1.36%
Yes	1	222	8.86%
No	2	2250	89.78%
	Total	2506	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	45	1.6%
Yes	1	190	6.74%
No	2	2586	91.67%
	Total	2821	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	52	1.59%
Yes	1	246	7.52%
No	2	2974	90.89%
	Total	3272	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	43	1.18%
Yes	1	252	6.94%
No	2	3335	91.87%
	Total	3630	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	79	2.28%
yes	1	254	7.34%
no	2	3128	90.38%
	Total	3461	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	48	1.31%
yes	1	243	6.65%
no	2	3364	92.04%
	Total	3655	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	61	1.51%
yes	1	312	7.71%
no	2	3672	90.78%
	Total	4045	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	53	1.2%
yes	1	336	7.59%
no	2	4038	91.21%
	Total	4427	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	87	1.73%
yes	1	468	9.33%
no	2	4463	88.94%
	Total	5018	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	42	0.86%
yes	1	528	10.78%
no	2	4329	88.36%
	Total	4899	100.0%

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