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chsdqk

behaviour: good friend

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child

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Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3	0.03%
inapplicable	-8	8252	87.07%
refusal	-2	12	0.13%
don't know	-1	2	0.02%
Not true	1	49	0.52%
Somewhat true	2	214	2.26%
Certainly true	3	945	9.97%
	Total	9477	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	6423	90.24%
refusal	-2	6	0.08%
Not true	1	20	0.28%
Somewhat true	2	131	1.84%
Certainly true	3	538	7.56%
	Total	7118	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	6935	90.84%
refusal	-2	4	0.05%
don't know	-1	1	0.01%
Not true	1	22	0.29%
Somewhat true	2	108	1.41%
Certainly true	3	549	7.19%
Can't say	4	14	0.18%
	Total	7634	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	7734	90.27%
refusal	-2	4	0.05%
Not true	1	19	0.22%
Somewhat true	2	124	1.45%
Certainly true	3	671	7.83%
Can't say	4	16	0.19%
	Total	8568	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	8	0.08%
inapplicable	-8	8508	89.01%
refusal	-2	8	0.08%
don't know	-1	1	0.01%
Not true	1	31	0.32%
Somewhat true	2	149	1.56%
Certainly true	3	829	8.67%
Can't say	4	25	0.26%
	Total	9559	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	55	0.53%
inapplicable	-8	9144	88.73%
refusal	-2	10	0.1%
don't know	-1	2	0.02%
Not true	1	34	0.33%
Somewhat true	2	136	1.32%
Certainly true	3	899	8.72%
Can't say	4	26	0.25%
	Total	10306	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.02%
inapplicable	-8	10230	88.59%
refusal	-2	7	0.06%
Not true	1	38	0.33%
Somewhat true	2	174	1.51%
Certainly true	3	1065	9.22%
Can't say	4	32	0.28%
	Total	11548	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	4	0.03%
inapplicable	-8	11094	88.27%
refusal	-2	6	0.05%
Not true	1	51	0.41%
Somewhat true	2	194	1.54%
Certainly true	3	1182	9.4%
Can't say	4	37	0.29%
	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	1	0.01%
not true	1	34	0.26%
somewhat true	2	190	1.46%
certainly true	3	1018	7.82%
can't say	4	28	0.22%
	Total	13015	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	11558	89.61%
refusal	-2	3	0.02%
not true	1	41	0.32%
somewhat true	2	138	1.07%
certainly true	3	1137	8.82%
can t say	4	21	0.16%
	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	5	0.04%
not true	1	40	0.28%
somewhat true	2	173	1.22%
certainly true	3	1268	8.96%
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	11	0.07%
not true	1	56	0.36%
somewhat true	2	191	1.23%
certainly true	3	1301	8.38%
can t say	4	32	0.21%
	Total	15523	100.0%

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