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Innovation Panel Variable

ypdoby

Date of birth: year

This variable is only available in the Special Licence (SN 7083) and Secure Access (SN 7332) datasets.

Datafile

youth_ip

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	4	3.28%
[Value >= 0]	1	118	96.72%
	Total	122	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
2011.26	4	2008.0	2014.0	1.75	118

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
2010.32	0	2007.0	2013.0	1.58	131

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
2008.92	0	2006.0	2012.0	1.88	138

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
2007.8	0	2005.0	2011.0	1.77	102

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
2007.05	0	2004.0	2010.0	1.64	111

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
2006.0	0	2003.0	2009.0	1.81	140

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
2005.11	0	2002.0	2008.0	1.81	181

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
2003.85	0	2001.0	2007.0	1.65	165

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
2003.0	0	2000.0	2006.0	1.75	159

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
2002.08	0	1999.0	2005.0	1.8	171

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
2001.03	0	1998.0	2004.0	1.88	182

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1999.61	0	1997.0	2003.0	1.8	145

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1998.68	0	1996.0	2002.0	1.72	135

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1997.69	0	1995.0	2001.0	1.73	223

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1996.72	0	1994.0	2000.0	1.7	158

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1995.78	0	1993.0	1999.0	1.77	130

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
	1992	24	9.34%
	1993	58	22.57%
	1994	41	15.95%
	1995	45	17.51%
	1996	38	14.79%
	1997	45	17.51%
	1998	6	2.33%
	Total	257	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1994.68	0	1992.0	1998.0	1.69	257

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