child2

Number of school age children in the household

Datafiles

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Inapplicable	-8	669	93.18%
[Value >= 0]	1	49	6.82%
	Total	718	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.78	669	0	6.0	1.16	49

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	13683	77.04%
refusal	-2	1	0.01%
don't know	-1	4	0.02%
[Value >= 0]	1	4071	22.92%
	Total	17761	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.73	13690	1.0	10.0	0.79	4071

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
2.68	0	1.0	6.0	1.59	57

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