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chsdqw

behaviour: gets on better

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child

Index terms

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	6	0.08%
inapplicable	-8	6868	86.68%
refusal	-2	14	0.18%
don't know	-1	5	0.06%
	1	662	8.36%
	2	282	3.56%
	3	86	1.09%
	Total	7923	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	4	0.04%
inapplicable	-8	8252	87.07%
refusal	-2	13	0.14%
don't know	-1	2	0.02%
	1	757	7.99%
	2	356	3.76%
	3	93	0.98%
	Total	9477	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	6423	90.24%
refusal	-2	6	0.08%
don't know	-1	3	0.04%
	1	443	6.22%
	2	212	2.98%
	3	31	0.44%
	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%
	1	412	5.4%
	2	178	2.33%
	3	38	0.5%
can't say	4	65	0.85%
	Total	7634	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	7734	90.27%
refusal	-2	4	0.05%
don't know	-1	1	0.01%
	1	469	5.47%
	2	219	2.56%
	3	53	0.62%
can't say	4	87	1.02%
	Total	8568	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	8	0.08%
inapplicable	-8	8508	89.01%
refusal	-2	10	0.1%
don't know	-1	2	0.02%
	1	618	6.47%
	2	256	2.68%
	3	71	0.74%
can't say	4	86	0.9%
	Total	9559	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	55	0.53%
inapplicable	-8	9144	88.73%
refusal	-2	11	0.11%
don't know	-1	2	0.02%
	1	629	6.1%
	2	298	2.89%
	3	89	0.86%
can't say	4	78	0.76%
	Total	10306	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.02%
inapplicable	-8	10230	88.59%
refusal	-2	9	0.08%
	1	768	6.65%
	2	325	2.81%
	3	117	1.01%
can't say	4	97	0.84%
	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%
	1	812	6.46%
	2	391	3.11%
	3	121	0.96%
can't say	4	139	1.11%
	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	750	5.76%
	2	323	2.48%
	3	91	0.7%
can't say	4	106	0.81%
	Total	13015	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	11558	89.61%
refusal	-2	4	0.03%
	1	812	6.3%
	2	301	2.33%
	3	93	0.72%
can't say	4	130	1.01%
	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	6	0.04%
	1	955	6.75%
	2	313	2.21%
	3	115	0.81%
can't say	4	116	0.82%
	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%
	1	941	6.06%
	2	384	2.47%
	3	105	0.68%
can't say	4	148	0.95%
	Total	15523	100.0%

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