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ypsdqe

Gets very angry and often lose my temper

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youth

Index term

Children

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	20	1.39%
Not true	1	590	41.11%
Somewhat true	2	585	40.77%
Certainly true	3	240	16.72%
	Total	1435	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	15	0.85%
Not true	1	781	44.22%
Somewhat true	2	727	41.17%
Certainly true	3	243	13.76%
	Total	1766	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	10	0.48%
Not true	1	915	43.57%
Somewhat true	2	856	40.76%
Certainly true	3	319	15.19%
	Total	2100	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	31	1.1%
Not true	1	1313	46.54%
Somewhat true	2	1061	37.61%
Certainly true	3	416	14.75%
	Total	2821	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	33	0.91%
Not true	1	1592	43.86%
Somewhat true	2	1452	40.0%
Certainly true	3	553	15.23%
	Total	3630	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	128	3.5%
not true	1	1553	42.49%
somewhat true	2	1377	37.67%
certainly true	3	597	16.33%
	Total	3655	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	39	0.88%
not true	1	1889	42.67%
somewhat true	2	1768	39.94%
certainly true	3	731	16.51%
	Total	4427	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	70	1.43%
not true	1	1945	39.7%
somewhat true	2	1990	40.62%
certainly true	3	894	18.25%
	Total	4899	100.0%

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