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yphfm

your family ?

Datafile

youth

Index terms

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	12	0.74%
	1	925	56.99%
	2	403	24.83%
	3	178	10.97%
	4	70	4.31%
	5	21	1.29%
	6	12	0.74%
	7	2	0.12%
	Total	1623	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	13	0.74%
	1	1040	58.89%
	2	396	22.42%
	3	190	10.76%
	4	74	4.19%
	5	34	1.93%
	6	15	0.85%
	7	4	0.23%
	Total	1766	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	10	0.6%
	1	939	56.46%
	2	466	28.02%
	3	167	10.04%
	4	55	3.31%
	5	15	0.9%
	6	4	0.24%
	7	7	0.42%
	Total	1663	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	27	1.29%
	1	1261	60.05%
	2	520	24.76%
	3	175	8.33%
	4	72	3.43%
	5	29	1.38%
	6	5	0.24%
	7	11	0.52%
	Total	2100	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	14	0.56%
	1	1549	61.81%
	2	555	22.15%
	3	241	9.62%
	4	87	3.47%
	5	32	1.28%
	6	18	0.72%
	7	10	0.4%
	Total	2506	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	36	1.28%
	1	1788	63.38%
	2	628	22.26%
	3	219	7.76%
	4	102	3.62%
	5	30	1.06%
	6	9	0.32%
	7	9	0.32%
	Total	2821	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	25	0.76%
	1	2041	62.38%
	2	738	22.56%
	3	285	8.71%
	4	101	3.09%
	5	52	1.59%
	6	19	0.58%
	7	11	0.34%
	Total	3272	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	38	1.05%
	1	2308	63.58%
	2	763	21.02%
	3	293	8.07%
	4	135	3.72%
	5	58	1.6%
	6	23	0.63%
	7	12	0.33%
	Total	3630	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	37	1.07%
completely happy	1	2142	61.89%
	2	784	22.65%
	3	275	7.95%
	4	144	4.16%
	5	45	1.3%
	6	19	0.55%
not at all happy	7	15	0.43%
	Total	3461	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	51	1.4%
completely happy	1	2283	62.46%
	2	789	21.59%
	3	288	7.88%
	4	136	3.72%
	5	65	1.78%
	6	20	0.55%
not at all happy	7	23	0.63%
	Total	3655	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	27	0.67%
completely happy	1	2498	61.76%
	2	916	22.65%
	3	354	8.75%
	4	153	3.78%
	5	51	1.26%
	6	28	0.69%
not at all happy	7	18	0.44%
	Total	4045	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	35	0.79%
completely happy	1	2846	64.29%
	2	923	20.85%
	3	367	8.29%
	4	166	3.75%
	5	50	1.13%
	6	28	0.63%
not at all happy	7	12	0.27%
	Total	4427	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	39	0.78%
completely happy	1	3114	62.06%
	2	1138	22.68%
	3	439	8.75%
	4	175	3.49%
	5	65	1.3%
	6	31	0.62%
not at all happy	7	17	0.34%
	Total	5018	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	25	0.51%
	Total	4899	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3	0.25%
completely happy	1	758	62.03%
	2	273	22.34%
	3	116	9.49%
neither happy/unhappy	4	41	3.36%
	5	22	1.8%
	6	6	0.49%
completely unhappy	7	3	0.25%
	Total	1222	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.16%
completely happy	1	742	59.6%
	2	300	24.1%
	3	115	9.24%
neither happy/unhappy	4	51	4.1%
	5	20	1.61%
	6	7	0.56%
completely unhappy	7	8	0.64%
	Total	1245	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	5	0.37%
completely happy	1	815	59.93%
	2	294	21.62%
	3	136	10.0%
neither happy/unhappy	4	62	4.56%
	5	23	1.69%
	6	11	0.81%
completely unhappy	7	14	1.03%
	Total	1360	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	4	0.28%
completely happy	1	806	57.04%
	2	347	24.56%
	3	139	9.84%
neither happy/unhappy	4	69	4.88%
	5	25	1.77%
	6	13	0.92%
completely unhappy	7	10	0.71%
	Total	1413	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3	0.21%
don't know	-1	1	0.07%
completely happy	1	823	58.91%
	2	329	23.55%
	3	136	9.74%
neither happy/unhappy	4	68	4.87%
	5	17	1.22%
	6	8	0.57%
completely unhappy	7	12	0.86%
	Total	1397	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3	0.25%
completely happy	1	722	59.23%
	2	283	23.22%
	3	124	10.17%
neither happy/unhappy	4	49	4.02%
	5	18	1.48%
	6	10	0.82%
completely unhappy	7	10	0.82%
	Total	1219	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	6	0.47%
completely happy	1	790	61.77%
	2	281	21.97%
	3	125	9.77%
neither happy/unhappy	4	39	3.05%
	5	17	1.33%
	6	14	1.09%
completely unhappy	7	7	0.55%
	Total	1279	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	5	0.35%
completely happy	1	902	63.84%
	2	290	20.52%
	3	123	8.7%
neither happy/unhappy	4	54	3.82%
	5	19	1.34%
	6	8	0.57%
completely unhappy	7	12	0.85%
	Total	1413	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.07%
completely happy	1	887	62.73%
	2	302	21.36%
	3	132	9.34%
neither happy/unhappy	4	63	4.46%
	5	14	0.99%
	6	9	0.64%
completely unhappy	7	6	0.42%
	Total	1414	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.11%
completely happy	1	594	63.33%
	2	201	21.43%
	3	82	8.74%
neither happy/unhappy	4	33	3.52%
	5	17	1.81%
	6	5	0.53%
completely unhappy	7	5	0.53%
	Total	938	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.21%
completely happy	1	594	62.79%
	2	212	22.41%
	3	73	7.72%
neither happy/unhappy	4	36	3.81%
	5	9	0.95%
	6	10	1.06%
completely unhappy	7	10	1.06%
	Total	946	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
completely happy	1	435	60.42%
	2	172	23.89%
	3	66	9.17%
neither happy/unhappy	4	31	4.31%
	5	6	0.83%
	6	7	0.97%
completely unhappy	7	3	0.42%
	Total	720	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.13%
completely happy	1	415	55.48%
	2	195	26.07%
	3	84	11.23%
neither happy/unhappy	4	29	3.88%
	5	13	1.74%
	6	3	0.4%
completely unhappy	7	8	1.07%
	Total	748	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	5	0.67%
completely happy	1	398	53.14%
	2	187	24.97%
	3	83	11.08%
neither happy/unhappy	4	50	6.68%
	5	8	1.07%
	6	7	0.93%
completely unhappy	7	11	1.47%
	Total	749	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	4	0.52%
completely happy	1	424	54.85%
	2	204	26.39%
	3	83	10.74%
neither happy/unhappy	4	37	4.79%
	5	10	1.29%
	6	8	1.03%
completely unhappy	7	3	0.39%
	Total	773	100.0%

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