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Innovation Panel Variable

ypacvwell

Importance of doing well in GCSE exams/National Qualifications

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youth_ip

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	1.64%
Very important	1	73	59.84%
Important	2	41	33.61%
Not very important	3	3	2.46%
Not at all important	4	3	2.46%
	Total	122	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	4	3.05%
Very important	1	85	64.89%
Fairly important	2	33	25.19%
Not very important	3	8	6.11%
Not at all important	4	1	0.76%
	Total	131	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	5	3.62%
Very important	1	91	65.94%
Important	2	38	27.54%
Not very important	3	4	2.9%
	Total	138	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	1.96%
Very important	1	64	62.75%
Important	2	33	32.35%
Not very important	3	2	1.96%
Not at all important	4	1	0.98%
	Total	102	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3	2.7%
Very important	1	83	74.77%
Important	2	23	20.72%
Not very important	3	1	0.9%
Not at all important	4	1	0.9%
	Total	111	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	4	2.86%
Very important	1	103	73.57%
Important	2	32	22.86%
Not very important	3	1	0.71%
	Total	140	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	8	4.42%
Very important	1	121	66.85%
Important	2	48	26.52%
Not very important	3	3	1.66%
Not at all important	4	1	0.55%
	Total	181	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3	1.82%
Very important	1	123	74.55%
Important	2	35	21.21%
Not very important	3	4	2.42%
	Total	165	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	1.26%
very important	1	124	77.99%
important	2	27	16.98%
not very important	3	4	2.52%
not at all important	4	2	1.26%
	Total	159	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	1.17%
very important	1	129	75.44%
important	2	35	20.47%
not very important	3	3	1.75%
not at all important	4	2	1.17%
	Total	171	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	4	2.2%
very important	1	141	77.47%
important	2	32	17.58%
not very important	3	2	1.1%
not at all important	4	3	1.65%
	Total	182	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3	2.07%
Very important	1	109	75.17%
Important	2	30	20.69%
Not very important	3	1	0.69%
Not at all important	4	2	1.38%
	Total	145	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	4	2.96%
Very important	1	98	72.59%
Important	2	29	21.48%
Not very important	3	3	2.22%
Not at all important	4	1	0.74%
	Total	135	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
don't know	-1	2	0.9%
very important	1	162	72.65%
important	2	53	23.77%
not very important	3	4	1.79%
not at all important	4	2	0.9%
	Total	223	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
don't know	-1	6	3.8%
very important	1	121	76.58%
important	2	30	18.99%
not at all important	4	1	0.63%
	Total	158	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
don't know	-1	4	3.08%
very important	1	91	70.0%
important	2	32	24.62%
not very important	3	2	1.54%
not at all important	4	1	0.77%
	Total	130	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	16	6.23%
very important	1	156	60.7%
important	2	68	26.46%
not very important	3	12	4.67%
not at all important	4	5	1.95%
	Total	257	100.0%

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