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chsdqf

behaviour: solitary

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child

Index terms

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	5	0.06%
inapplicable	-8	6868	86.68%
refusal	-2	17	0.21%
don't know	-1	5	0.06%
	1	644	8.13%
	2	305	3.85%
	3	79	1.0%
	Total	7923	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3	0.03%
inapplicable	-8	8252	87.07%
refusal	-2	10	0.11%
don't know	-1	3	0.03%
	1	783	8.26%
	2	341	3.6%
	3	85	0.9%
	Total	9477	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	6423	90.24%
refusal	-2	8	0.11%
	1	423	5.94%
	2	224	3.15%
	3	40	0.56%
	Total	7118	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	6935	90.84%
refusal	-2	5	0.07%
	1	441	5.78%
	2	198	2.59%
	3	45	0.59%
can't say	4	10	0.13%
	Total	7634	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	7734	90.27%
refusal	-2	4	0.05%
don't know	-1	1	0.01%
	1	530	6.19%
	2	220	2.57%
	3	60	0.7%
can't say	4	19	0.22%
	Total	8568	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	7	0.07%
inapplicable	-8	8508	89.01%
refusal	-2	8	0.08%
don't know	-1	2	0.02%
	1	691	7.23%
	2	264	2.76%
	3	59	0.62%
can't say	4	20	0.21%
	Total	9559	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	54	0.52%
inapplicable	-8	9144	88.73%
refusal	-2	8	0.08%
don't know	-1	1	0.01%
	1	699	6.78%
	2	294	2.85%
	3	82	0.8%
can't say	4	24	0.23%
	Total	10306	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	10230	88.59%
refusal	-2	6	0.05%
	1	870	7.53%
	2	311	2.69%
	3	99	0.86%
can't say	4	31	0.27%
	Total	11548	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	4	0.03%
inapplicable	-8	11094	88.27%
refusal	-2	7	0.06%
don't know	-1	1	0.01%
	1	942	7.5%
	2	356	2.83%
	3	128	1.02%
can't say	4	36	0.29%
	Total	12568	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Not available for IEMB	-10	1469	11.29%
missing	-9	1	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	10274	78.94%
refusal	-2	1	0.01%
	1	851	6.54%
	2	290	2.23%
	3	105	0.81%
can't say	4	24	0.18%
	Total	13015	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	11558	89.61%
refusal	-2	3	0.02%
don't know	-1	1	0.01%
	1	916	7.1%
	2	306	2.37%
	3	96	0.74%
can't say	4	18	0.14%
	Total	12898	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	12631	89.28%
refusal	-2	10	0.07%
don't know	-1	6	0.04%
	1	1064	7.52%
	2	318	2.25%
	3	99	0.7%
can't say	4	19	0.13%
	Total	14148	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	13919	89.67%
refusal	-2	13	0.08%
don't know	-1	12	0.08%
	1	1096	7.06%
	2	366	2.36%
	3	93	0.6%
can't say	4	24	0.15%
	Total	15523	100.0%

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