Covid-19 Variable child2 Number of school age children in the household Datafilesindresp_w indresp_t schild_t indresp_tindresp_wschild_t Wave 2 (cb_child2 indresp_t) Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequencyInapplicable-866993.18%[Value >= 0]1496.82%Total718100.0% MeanNumber MissingMinMaxStd DevN1.7866906.01.1649 Wave 1 (ca_child2 indresp_w) Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequencymissing-920.01%inapplicable-81368377.04%refusal-210.01%don't know-140.02%[Value >= 0]1407122.92%Total17761100.0% MeanNumber MissingMinMaxStd DevN1.73136901.010.00.794071 Wave 2 (cb_child2 schild_t) MeanNumber MissingMinMaxStd DevN2.6801.06.01.5957
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