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yphsw

your school work ?

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youth

Index terms

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	10	0.62%
	1	201	12.38%
	2	462	28.47%
	3	460	28.34%
	4	257	15.83%
	5	131	8.07%
	6	49	3.02%
	7	53	3.27%
	Total	1623	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	10	0.57%
	1	293	16.59%
	2	553	31.31%
	3	444	25.14%
	4	246	13.93%
	5	128	7.25%
	6	51	2.89%
	7	41	2.32%
	Total	1766	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	8	0.48%
	1	250	15.03%
	2	547	32.89%
	3	472	28.38%
	4	215	12.93%
	5	88	5.29%
	6	52	3.13%
	7	31	1.86%
	Total	1663	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	24	1.14%
	1	360	17.14%
	2	709	33.76%
	3	497	23.67%
	4	280	13.33%
	5	140	6.67%
	6	53	2.52%
	7	37	1.76%
	Total	2100	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	19	0.76%
	1	429	17.12%
	2	868	34.64%
	3	648	25.86%
	4	306	12.21%
	5	127	5.07%
	6	69	2.75%
	7	40	1.6%
	Total	2506	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	26	0.92%
	1	546	19.35%
	2	970	34.38%
	3	736	26.09%
	4	328	11.63%
	5	137	4.86%
	6	54	1.91%
	7	24	0.85%
	Total	2821	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	31	0.95%
	1	604	18.46%
	2	1168	35.7%
	3	857	26.19%
	4	365	11.16%
	5	146	4.46%
	6	58	1.77%
	7	43	1.31%
	Total	3272	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	34	0.94%
	1	845	23.28%
	2	1213	33.42%
	3	904	24.9%
	4	386	10.63%
	5	157	4.33%
	6	55	1.52%
	7	36	0.99%
	Total	3630	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	24	0.69%
completely happy	1	694	20.05%
	2	1295	37.42%
	3	828	23.92%
	4	367	10.6%
	5	153	4.42%
	6	44	1.27%
not at all happy	7	56	1.62%
	Total	3461	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	40	1.09%
completely happy	1	798	21.83%
	2	1291	35.32%
	3	866	23.69%
	4	398	10.89%
	5	167	4.57%
	6	63	1.72%
not at all happy	7	32	0.88%
	Total	3655	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	20	0.49%
completely happy	1	819	20.25%
	2	1555	38.44%
	3	985	24.35%
	4	436	10.78%
	5	135	3.34%
	6	58	1.43%
not at all happy	7	37	0.91%
	Total	4045	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	37	0.84%
completely happy	1	934	21.1%
	2	1599	36.12%
	3	1092	24.67%
	4	472	10.66%
	5	185	4.18%
	6	56	1.26%
not at all happy	7	52	1.17%
	Total	4427	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	39	0.78%
completely happy	1	1002	19.97%
	2	1747	34.81%
	3	1351	26.92%
	4	568	11.32%
	5	178	3.55%
	6	61	1.22%
not at all happy	7	72	1.43%
	Total	5018	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	29	0.59%
	Total	4899	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	5	0.41%
completely happy	1	263	21.52%
	2	403	32.98%
	3	342	27.99%
neither happy/unhappy	4	147	12.03%
	5	28	2.29%
	6	11	0.9%
completely unhappy	7	23	1.88%
	Total	1222	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	10	0.8%
don't know	-1	2	0.16%
completely happy	1	243	19.52%
	2	406	32.61%
	3	364	29.24%
neither happy/unhappy	4	139	11.16%
	5	50	4.02%
	6	12	0.96%
completely unhappy	7	19	1.53%
	Total	1245	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	4	0.29%
completely happy	1	257	18.9%
	2	449	33.01%
	3	362	26.62%
neither happy/unhappy	4	199	14.63%
	5	45	3.31%
	6	14	1.03%
completely unhappy	7	30	2.21%
	Total	1360	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	8	0.57%
don't know	-1	1	0.07%
completely happy	1	249	17.62%
	2	432	30.57%
	3	421	29.79%
neither happy/unhappy	4	211	14.93%
	5	44	3.11%
	6	19	1.34%
completely unhappy	7	28	1.98%
	Total	1413	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	4	0.29%
don't know	-1	1	0.07%
completely happy	1	227	16.25%
	2	457	32.71%
	3	415	29.71%
neither happy/unhappy	4	211	15.1%
	5	44	3.15%
	6	13	0.93%
completely unhappy	7	25	1.79%
	Total	1397	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.16%
completely happy	1	207	16.98%
	2	394	32.32%
	3	350	28.71%
neither happy/unhappy	4	180	14.77%
	5	45	3.69%
	6	14	1.15%
completely unhappy	7	27	2.21%
	Total	1219	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	5	0.39%
don't know	-1	1	0.08%
completely happy	1	210	16.42%
	2	399	31.2%
	3	363	28.38%
neither happy/unhappy	4	197	15.4%
	5	44	3.44%
	6	24	1.88%
completely unhappy	7	36	2.81%
	Total	1279	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	5	0.35%
don't know	-1	2	0.14%
completely happy	1	233	16.49%
	2	450	31.85%
	3	375	26.54%
neither happy/unhappy	4	206	14.58%
	5	70	4.95%
	6	14	0.99%
completely unhappy	7	58	4.1%
	Total	1413	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	6	0.42%
completely happy	1	201	14.21%
	2	460	32.53%
	3	408	28.85%
neither happy/unhappy	4	222	15.7%
	5	65	4.6%
	6	11	0.78%
completely unhappy	7	41	2.9%
	Total	1414	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.11%
completely happy	1	164	17.48%
	2	312	33.26%
	3	271	28.89%
neither happy/unhappy	4	119	12.69%
	5	35	3.73%
	6	16	1.71%
completely unhappy	7	20	2.13%
	Total	938	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3	0.32%
completely happy	1	163	17.23%
	2	279	29.49%
	3	288	30.44%
neither happy/unhappy	4	138	14.59%
	5	34	3.59%
	6	15	1.59%
completely unhappy	7	26	2.75%
	Total	946	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
completely happy	1	125	17.36%
	2	259	35.97%
	3	195	27.08%
neither happy/unhappy	4	94	13.06%
	5	21	2.92%
	6	9	1.25%
completely unhappy	7	17	2.36%
	Total	720	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.27%
completely happy	1	132	17.65%
	2	259	34.63%
	3	245	32.75%
neither happy/unhappy	4	74	9.89%
	5	17	2.27%
	6	14	1.87%
completely unhappy	7	5	0.67%
	Total	748	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	7	0.93%
completely happy	1	110	14.69%
	2	265	35.38%
	3	213	28.44%
neither happy/unhappy	4	101	13.48%
	5	32	4.27%
	6	12	1.6%
completely unhappy	7	9	1.2%
	Total	749	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3	0.39%
completely happy	1	100	12.94%
	2	258	33.38%
	3	233	30.14%
neither happy/unhappy	4	119	15.39%
	5	28	3.62%
	6	15	1.94%
completely unhappy	7	17	2.2%
	Total	773	100.0%

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