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yphlf

feel about your life as a whole ?

Datafile

youth

Index terms

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	16	0.99%
	1	391	24.09%
	2	552	34.01%
	3	384	23.66%
	4	167	10.29%
	5	68	4.19%
	6	29	1.79%
	7	16	0.99%
	Total	1623	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	22	1.25%
	1	468	26.5%
	2	583	33.01%
	3	369	20.89%
	4	192	10.87%
	5	78	4.42%
	6	34	1.93%
	7	20	1.13%
	Total	1766	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	13	0.78%
	1	423	25.44%
	2	614	36.92%
	3	344	20.69%
	4	153	9.2%
	5	63	3.79%
	6	36	2.16%
	7	17	1.02%
	Total	1663	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	26	1.24%
	1	558	26.57%
	2	731	34.81%
	3	437	20.81%
	4	215	10.24%
	5	80	3.81%
	6	30	1.43%
	7	23	1.1%
	Total	2100	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	16	0.64%
	1	752	30.01%
	2	864	34.48%
	3	504	20.11%
	4	220	8.78%
	5	80	3.19%
	6	49	1.96%
	7	21	0.84%
	Total	2506	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	26	0.92%
	1	887	31.44%
	2	956	33.89%
	3	544	19.28%
	4	265	9.39%
	5	92	3.26%
	6	38	1.35%
	7	13	0.46%
	Total	2821	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	27	0.83%
	1	1062	32.46%
	2	1136	34.72%
	3	612	18.7%
	4	287	8.77%
	5	82	2.51%
	6	39	1.19%
	7	27	0.83%
	Total	3272	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	38	1.05%
	1	1296	35.7%
	2	1191	32.81%
	3	636	17.52%
	4	279	7.69%
	5	117	3.22%
	6	44	1.21%
	7	29	0.8%
	Total	3630	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	52	1.5%
completely happy	1	1178	34.04%
	2	1207	34.87%
	3	644	18.61%
	4	228	6.59%
	5	77	2.22%
	6	49	1.42%
not at all happy	7	26	0.75%
	Total	3461	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	63	1.72%
completely happy	1	1276	34.91%
	2	1262	34.53%
	3	638	17.46%
	4	249	6.81%
	5	100	2.74%
	6	35	0.96%
not at all happy	7	32	0.88%
	Total	3655	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	29	0.72%
completely happy	1	1404	34.71%
	2	1492	36.89%
	3	702	17.35%
	4	274	6.77%
	5	74	1.83%
	6	56	1.38%
not at all happy	7	14	0.35%
	Total	4045	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	46	1.04%
completely happy	1	1632	36.86%
	2	1558	35.19%
	3	717	16.2%
	4	324	7.32%
	5	95	2.15%
	6	35	0.79%
not at all happy	7	20	0.45%
	Total	4427	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	44	0.88%
completely happy	1	1788	35.63%
	2	1849	36.85%
	3	829	16.52%
	4	342	6.82%
	5	98	1.95%
	6	42	0.84%
not at all happy	7	26	0.52%
	Total	5018	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	40	0.82%
	Total	4899	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	4	0.33%
don't know	-1	1	0.08%
completely happy	1	460	37.64%
	2	454	37.15%
	3	193	15.79%
neither happy/unhappy	4	77	6.3%
	5	23	1.88%
	6	3	0.25%
completely unhappy	7	7	0.57%
	Total	1222	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3	0.24%
completely happy	1	472	37.91%
	2	409	32.85%
	3	231	18.55%
neither happy/unhappy	4	102	8.19%
	5	12	0.96%
	6	9	0.72%
completely unhappy	7	7	0.56%
	Total	1245	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	6	0.44%
completely happy	1	493	36.25%
	2	472	34.71%
	3	248	18.24%
neither happy/unhappy	4	84	6.18%
	5	34	2.5%
	6	12	0.88%
completely unhappy	7	11	0.81%
	Total	1360	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	7	0.5%
completely happy	1	501	35.46%
	2	482	34.11%
	3	239	16.91%
neither happy/unhappy	4	123	8.7%
	5	26	1.84%
	6	17	1.2%
completely unhappy	7	18	1.27%
	Total	1413	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	8	0.57%
don't know	-1	2	0.14%
completely happy	1	494	35.36%
	2	513	36.72%
	3	214	15.32%
neither happy/unhappy	4	110	7.87%
	5	32	2.29%
	6	13	0.93%
completely unhappy	7	11	0.79%
	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	403	33.06%
	2	455	37.33%
	3	204	16.74%
neither happy/unhappy	4	84	6.89%
	5	33	2.71%
	6	17	1.39%
completely unhappy	7	19	1.56%
	Total	1219	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	10	0.78%
completely happy	1	456	35.65%
	2	429	33.54%
	3	212	16.58%
neither happy/unhappy	4	107	8.37%
	5	30	2.35%
	6	15	1.17%
completely unhappy	7	20	1.56%
	Total	1279	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	8	0.57%
completely happy	1	492	34.82%
	2	483	34.18%
	3	231	16.35%
neither happy/unhappy	4	109	7.71%
	5	40	2.83%
	6	16	1.13%
completely unhappy	7	34	2.41%
	Total	1413	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	4	0.28%
completely happy	1	498	35.22%
	2	473	33.45%
	3	235	16.62%
neither happy/unhappy	4	121	8.56%
	5	26	1.84%
	6	29	2.05%
completely unhappy	7	28	1.98%
	Total	1414	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	8	0.85%
completely happy	1	358	38.17%
	2	301	32.09%
	3	139	14.82%
neither happy/unhappy	4	91	9.7%
	5	13	1.39%
	6	13	1.39%
completely unhappy	7	15	1.6%
	Total	938	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	4	0.42%
completely happy	1	335	35.41%
	2	331	34.99%
	3	152	16.07%
neither happy/unhappy	4	81	8.56%
	5	16	1.69%
	6	10	1.06%
completely unhappy	7	17	1.8%
	Total	946	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
completely happy	1	279	38.75%
	2	240	33.33%
	3	122	16.94%
neither happy/unhappy	4	49	6.81%
	5	17	2.36%
	6	2	0.28%
completely unhappy	7	11	1.53%
	Total	720	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3	0.4%
completely happy	1	274	36.63%
	2	258	34.49%
	3	116	15.51%
neither happy/unhappy	4	56	7.49%
	5	22	2.94%
	6	8	1.07%
completely unhappy	7	11	1.47%
	Total	748	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	6	0.8%
completely happy	1	262	34.98%
	2	253	33.78%
	3	124	16.56%
neither happy/unhappy	4	57	7.61%
	5	24	3.2%
	6	6	0.8%
completely unhappy	7	17	2.27%
	Total	749	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3	0.39%
completely happy	1	270	34.93%
	2	271	35.06%
	3	136	17.59%
neither happy/unhappy	4	58	7.5%
	5	18	2.33%
	6	7	0.91%
completely unhappy	7	10	1.29%
	Total	773	100.0%

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