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youth_ip

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	4	3.28%
Often	1	34	27.87%
Sometimes	2	51	41.8%
Rarely	3	23	18.85%
Never	4	10	8.2%
	Total	122	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Often	1	34	24.64%
Sometimes	2	70	50.72%
Rarely	3	23	16.67%
Never	4	11	7.97%
	Total	138	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Often	1	20	19.61%
Sometimes	2	53	51.96%
Rarely	3	22	21.57%
Never	4	7	6.86%
	Total	102	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.9%
Often	1	31	27.93%
Sometimes	2	52	46.85%
Rarely	3	16	14.41%
Never	4	11	9.91%
	Total	111	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Often	1	53	29.28%
Sometimes	2	81	44.75%
Rarely	3	29	16.02%
Never	4	18	9.94%
	Total	181	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
often	1	50	31.45%
sometimes	2	68	42.77%
rarely	3	30	18.87%
never	4	11	6.92%
	Total	159	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3	1.65%
often	1	51	28.02%
sometimes	2	87	47.8%
rarely	3	29	15.93%
never	4	12	6.59%
	Total	182	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	2	1.48%
Often	1	35	25.93%
Sometimes	2	59	43.7%
Rarely	3	31	22.96%
Never	4	8	5.93%
	Total	135	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
don't know	-1	6	3.8%
often	1	37	23.42%
sometimes	2	80	50.63%
rarely	3	20	12.66%
never	4	15	9.49%
	Total	158	100.0%

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