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parent5plus

Parent of children aged 5+ in household

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Question asked in the latest wave:

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Parent of children aged 5+ in household

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Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Yes	1	40	10.23%
No	2	351	89.77%
	Total	391	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.9	0	1.0	2.0	0.3	391

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Yes	1	4165	32.49%
No	2	8653	67.51%
	Total	12818	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.68	0	1.0	2.0	0.47	12818

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Yes	1	4235	33.4%
No	2	8445	66.6%
	Total	12680	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.67	0	1.0	2.0	0.47	12680

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Yes	1	3868	32.32%
No	2	8100	67.68%
	Total	11968	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.68	0	1.0	2.0	0.47	11968

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	1	0.01%
Yes	1	3874	32.19%
No	2	8160	67.8%
	Total	12035	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.68	1	1.0	2.0	0.47	12034

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Yes	1	4222	32.79%
No	2	8654	67.21%
	Total	12876	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.67	0	1.0	2.0	0.47	12876

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Yes	1	4720	34.32%
No	2	9034	65.68%
	Total	13754	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.66	0	1.0	2.0	0.47	13754

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Yes	1	4793	33.94%
No	2	9330	66.06%
	Total	14123	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.66	0	1.0	2.0	0.47	14123

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Yes	1	5134	34.66%
No	2	9677	65.34%
	Total	14811	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.65	0	1.0	2.0	0.48	14811

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