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Mainstage Variable

yplvsc

leave school when you are 16 ?

Datafile

youth

Index terms

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	8	0.65%
refusal	-2	2	0.16%
don't know	-1	163	13.34%
leave school at 16	1	145	11.87%
go to sixth form or college	2	904	73.98%
	Total	1222	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	10	0.8%
don't know	-1	190	15.26%
leave school at 16	1	156	12.53%
go to sixth form or college	2	889	71.41%
	Total	1245	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	7	0.51%
don't know	-1	201	14.78%
leave school at 16	1	179	13.16%
go to sixth form or college	2	973	71.54%
	Total	1360	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	16	1.13%
don't know	-1	224	15.85%
leave school at 16	1	170	12.03%
go to sixth form or college	2	1003	70.98%
	Total	1413	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	7	0.5%
don't know	-1	197	14.1%
leave school at 16	1	181	12.96%
go to sixth form or college	2	1012	72.44%
	Total	1397	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	4	0.33%
don't know	-1	142	11.65%
leave school at 16	1	139	11.4%
go to sixth form or college	2	934	76.62%
	Total	1219	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	5	0.39%
don't know	-1	169	13.21%
leave school at 16	1	145	11.34%
go to sixth form or college	2	960	75.06%
	Total	1279	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	4	0.28%
don't know	-1	208	14.72%
leave school at 16	1	145	10.26%
go to sixth form or college	2	1056	74.73%
	Total	1413	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3	0.21%
don't know	-1	233	16.48%
leave school at 16	1	160	11.32%
go to sixth form or college	2	1018	71.99%
	Total	1414	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	4	0.43%
don't know	-1	159	16.95%
leave school at 16	1	89	9.49%
go to sixth form or college	2	686	73.13%
	Total	938	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3	0.32%
don't know	-1	185	19.56%
leave school at 16	1	99	10.47%
go to sixth form or college	2	659	69.66%
	Total	946	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.14%
don't know	-1	148	20.56%
leave school at 16	1	89	12.36%
go to sixth form or college	2	482	66.94%
	Total	720	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3	0.4%
refusal	-2	1	0.13%
don't know	-1	143	19.12%
leave school at 16	1	86	11.5%
go to sixth form or college	2	515	68.85%
	Total	748	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	7	0.93%
don't know	-1	122	16.29%
leave school at 16	1	85	11.35%
go to sixth form or college	2	535	71.43%
	Total	749	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3	0.39%
don't know	-1	126	16.3%
leave school at 16	1	93	12.03%
go to sixth form or college	2	551	71.28%
	Total	773	100.0%

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