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ypsad

how many days have you felt unhappy ?

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youth

Index terms

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.16%
refusal	-2	1	0.08%
don't know	-1	4	0.33%
none	1	366	29.95%
1 - 3 times	2	651	53.27%
4 - 10 times	3	161	13.18%
11 or more	4	37	3.03%
	Total	1222	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.89	7	1.0	4.0	0.74	1215

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3	0.22%
none	1	464	34.12%
1-3 days	2	650	47.79%
4-10 days	3	168	12.35%
11 days or more	4	75	5.51%
	Total	1360	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.89	3	1.0	4.0	0.82	1357

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
none	1	496	35.1%
1-3 days	2	653	46.21%
4-10 days	3	193	13.66%
11 days or more	4	71	5.02%
	Total	1413	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.89	0	1.0	4.0	0.82	1413

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3	0.21%
none	1	485	34.3%
1-3 days	2	662	46.82%
4-10 days	3	183	12.94%
11 days or more	4	81	5.73%
	Total	1414	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.9	3	1.0	4.0	0.83	1411

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
none	1	318	33.9%
1-3 days	2	468	49.89%
4-10 days	3	115	12.26%
11 days or more	4	37	3.94%
	Total	938	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.86	0	1.0	4.0	0.78	938

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.11%
none	1	332	35.1%
1-3 days	2	458	48.41%
4-10 days	3	117	12.37%
11 days or more	4	38	4.02%
	Total	946	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.85	1	1.0	4.0	0.78	945

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
none	1	256	35.56%
1-3 days	2	323	44.86%
4-10 days	3	104	14.44%
11 days or more	4	37	5.14%
	Total	720	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.89	0	1.0	4.0	0.83	720

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.13%
none	1	240	32.09%
1-3 days	2	337	45.05%
4-10 days	3	127	16.98%
11 days or more	4	43	5.75%
	Total	748	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.96	1	1.0	4.0	0.85	747

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3	0.4%
none	1	222	29.64%
1-3 days	2	338	45.13%
4-10 days	3	129	17.22%
11 days or more	4	57	7.61%
	Total	749	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
2.03	3	1.0	4.0	0.88	746

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.26%
none	1	208	26.91%
1-3 days	2	341	44.11%
4-10 days	3	163	21.09%
11 days or more	4	59	7.63%
	Total	773	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
2.09	2	1.0	4.0	0.88	771

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