Covid-19 Variable child1 School age children in the household Datafilesindresp_w indresp_t schild_t indresp_tindresp_wschild_t Wave 2 (cb_child1 indresp_t) Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequencyInapplicable-864890.25%Yes1496.82%No2212.92%Total718100.0% MeanNumber MissingMinMaxStd DevN1.36481.02.00.4670 Wave 1 (ca_child1 indresp_w) Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequencymissing-910.01%inapplicable-81210468.15%refusal-230.02%Yes1408422.99%No215698.83%Total17761100.0% MeanNumber MissingMinMaxStd DevN1.28121081.02.00.455653 Wave 2 (cb_child1 schild_t) Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequencyYes157100.0%Total57100.0% MeanNumber MissingMinMaxStd DevN1.001.01.0057
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