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chsdqh

behaviour: many worries

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child

Index terms

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3	0.03%
inapplicable	-8	8252	87.07%
refusal	-2	11	0.12%
don't know	-1	3	0.03%
Not true	1	759	8.01%
Somewhat true	2	329	3.47%
Certainly true	3	120	1.27%
	Total	9477	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	6423	90.24%
refusal	-2	7	0.1%
don't know	-1	1	0.01%
Not true	1	455	6.39%
Somewhat true	2	195	2.74%
Certainly true	3	37	0.52%
	Total	7118	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	6935	90.84%
refusal	-2	5	0.07%
don't know	-1	1	0.01%
Not true	1	451	5.91%
Somewhat true	2	160	2.1%
Certainly true	3	64	0.84%
Can't say	4	18	0.24%
	Total	7634	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	7734	90.27%
refusal	-2	4	0.05%
Not true	1	513	5.99%
Somewhat true	2	227	2.65%
Certainly true	3	60	0.7%
Can't say	4	30	0.35%
	Total	8568	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	7	0.07%
inapplicable	-8	8508	89.01%
refusal	-2	10	0.1%
don't know	-1	1	0.01%
Not true	1	688	7.2%
Somewhat true	2	246	2.57%
Certainly true	3	64	0.67%
Can't say	4	35	0.37%
	Total	9559	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	54	0.52%
inapplicable	-8	9144	88.73%
refusal	-2	9	0.09%
don't know	-1	1	0.01%
Not true	1	702	6.81%
Somewhat true	2	267	2.59%
Certainly true	3	86	0.83%
Can't say	4	43	0.42%
	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%
Not true	1	859	7.44%
Somewhat true	2	302	2.62%
Certainly true	3	102	0.88%
Can't say	4	48	0.42%
	Total	11548	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	4	0.03%
inapplicable	-8	11094	88.27%
refusal	-2	8	0.06%
don't know	-1	1	0.01%
Not true	1	988	7.86%
Somewhat true	2	320	2.55%
Certainly true	3	106	0.84%
Can't say	4	47	0.37%
	Total	12568	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
	-10	1469	11.29%
missing	-9	1	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	10274	78.94%
refusal	-2	3	0.02%
not true	1	853	6.55%
somewhat true	2	276	2.12%
certainly true	3	103	0.79%
can't say	4	36	0.28%
	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%
not true	1	960	7.44%
somewhat true	2	264	2.05%
certainly true	3	69	0.53%
can t say	4	43	0.33%
	Total	12898	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	12631	89.28%
refusal	-2	11	0.08%
don't know	-1	4	0.03%
not true	1	1113	7.87%
somewhat true	2	283	2.0%
certainly true	3	72	0.51%
can't say	4	33	0.23%
	Total	14148	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	13919	89.67%
refusal	-2	14	0.09%
don't know	-1	12	0.08%
not true	1	1121	7.22%
somewhat true	2	331	2.13%
certainly true	3	88	0.57%
can t say	4	38	0.24%
	Total	15523	100.0%

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