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yphsc

feel about your school?

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youth

Index terms

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	13	0.8%
	1	354	21.81%
	2	428	26.37%
	3	359	22.12%
	4	233	14.36%
	5	89	5.48%
	6	72	4.44%
	7	75	4.62%
	Total	1623	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	22	1.25%
	1	495	28.03%
	2	486	27.52%
	3	356	20.16%
	4	226	12.8%
	5	85	4.81%
	6	47	2.66%
	7	49	2.77%
	Total	1766	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	11	0.66%
	1	467	28.08%
	2	486	29.22%
	3	350	21.05%
	4	192	11.55%
	5	73	4.39%
	6	37	2.22%
	7	47	2.83%
	Total	1663	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	29	1.38%
	1	642	30.57%
	2	573	27.29%
	3	405	19.29%
	4	226	10.76%
	5	105	5.0%
	6	50	2.38%
	7	70	3.33%
	Total	2100	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	9	0.36%
	1	690	27.53%
	2	745	29.73%
	3	517	20.63%
	4	283	11.29%
	5	128	5.11%
	6	56	2.23%
	7	78	3.11%
	Total	2506	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	28	0.99%
	1	886	31.41%
	2	776	27.51%
	3	547	19.39%
	4	312	11.06%
	5	116	4.11%
	6	88	3.12%
	7	68	2.41%
	Total	2821	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	29	0.89%
	1	986	30.13%
	2	934	28.55%
	3	643	19.65%
	4	357	10.91%
	5	160	4.89%
	6	72	2.2%
	7	91	2.78%
	Total	3272	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	34	0.94%
	1	1345	37.05%
	2	988	27.22%
	3	591	16.28%
	4	348	9.59%
	5	151	4.16%
	6	87	2.4%
	7	86	2.37%
	Total	3630	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	37	1.07%
completely happy	1	1145	33.08%
	2	1020	29.47%
	3	625	18.06%
	4	332	9.59%
	5	129	3.73%
	6	77	2.22%
not at all happy	7	96	2.77%
	Total	3461	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	44	1.2%
completely happy	1	1321	36.14%
	2	1110	30.37%
	3	604	16.53%
	4	312	8.54%
	5	126	3.45%
	6	64	1.75%
not at all happy	7	74	2.02%
	Total	3655	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	31	0.77%
completely happy	1	1369	33.84%
	2	1240	30.66%
	3	749	18.52%
	4	343	8.48%
	5	146	3.61%
	6	74	1.83%
not at all happy	7	93	2.3%
	Total	4045	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	46	1.04%
completely happy	1	1673	37.79%
	2	1245	28.12%
	3	756	17.08%
	4	372	8.4%
	5	160	3.61%
	6	76	1.72%
not at all happy	7	99	2.24%
	Total	4427	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	40	0.8%
completely happy	1	1716	34.2%
	2	1514	30.17%
	3	874	17.42%
	4	476	9.49%
	5	164	3.27%
	6	87	1.73%
not at all happy	7	147	2.93%
	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	4	0.33%
refusal	-2	1	0.08%
completely happy	1	463	37.89%
	2	324	26.51%
	3	204	16.69%
neither happy/unhappy	4	127	10.39%
	5	41	3.36%
	6	12	0.98%
completely unhappy	7	46	3.76%
	Total	1222	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.16%
completely happy	1	418	33.57%
	2	344	27.63%
	3	236	18.96%
neither happy/unhappy	4	138	11.08%
	5	43	3.45%
	6	25	2.01%
completely unhappy	7	39	3.13%
	Total	1245	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	7	0.51%
completely happy	1	440	32.35%
	2	380	27.94%
	3	247	18.16%
neither happy/unhappy	4	147	10.81%
	5	46	3.38%
	6	32	2.35%
completely unhappy	7	61	4.49%
	Total	1360	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	7	0.5%
completely happy	1	463	32.77%
	2	396	28.03%
	3	270	19.11%
neither happy/unhappy	4	146	10.33%
	5	60	4.25%
	6	21	1.49%
completely unhappy	7	50	3.54%
	Total	1413	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	7	0.5%
don't know	-1	1	0.07%
completely happy	1	449	32.14%
	2	392	28.06%
	3	265	18.97%
neither happy/unhappy	4	129	9.23%
	5	66	4.72%
	6	28	2.0%
completely unhappy	7	60	4.29%
	Total	1397	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3	0.25%
don't know	-1	1	0.08%
completely happy	1	377	30.93%
	2	350	28.71%
	3	227	18.62%
neither happy/unhappy	4	144	11.81%
	5	41	3.36%
	6	23	1.89%
completely unhappy	7	53	4.35%
	Total	1219	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	6	0.47%
completely happy	1	391	30.57%
	2	372	29.09%
	3	253	19.78%
neither happy/unhappy	4	117	9.15%
	5	65	5.08%
	6	19	1.49%
completely unhappy	7	56	4.38%
	Total	1279	100.0%

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