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Mainstage Variable

ypacvwell

Importance of doing well in GCSE exams/National Qualifications

Datafile

youth

Index terms

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	24	1.67%
Very important	1	888	61.88%
Important	2	456	31.78%
Not very important	3	56	3.9%
Not at all important	4	11	0.77%
	Total	1435	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	38	2.34%
Very important	1	1052	64.82%
Important	2	469	28.9%
Not very important	3	50	3.08%
Not at all important	4	14	0.86%
	Total	1623	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	73	4.13%
Very important	1	1111	62.91%
Important	2	529	29.95%
Not very important	3	35	1.98%
Not at all important	4	18	1.02%
	Total	1766	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	38	2.29%
Very important	1	1092	65.66%
Important	2	476	28.62%
Not very important	3	39	2.35%
Not at all important	4	18	1.08%
	Total	1663	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	50	2.38%
Very important	1	1460	69.52%
Important	2	536	25.52%
Not very important	3	41	1.95%
Not at all important	4	13	0.62%
	Total	2100	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	46	1.84%
Very important	1	1787	71.31%
Important	2	606	24.18%
Not very important	3	35	1.4%
Not at all important	4	32	1.28%
	Total	2506	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	59	2.09%
Very important	1	2080	73.73%
Important	2	603	21.38%
Not very important	3	55	1.95%
Not at all important	4	24	0.85%
	Total	2821	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	88	2.69%
Very important	1	2433	74.36%
Important	2	680	20.78%
Not very important	3	46	1.41%
Not at all important	4	25	0.76%
	Total	3272	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	77	2.12%
Very important	1	2834	78.07%
Important	2	645	17.77%
Not very important	3	54	1.49%
Not at all important	4	20	0.55%
	Total	3630	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	114	3.29%
very important	1	2654	76.68%
important	2	628	18.15%
not very important	3	43	1.24%
not at all important	4	22	0.64%
	Total	3461	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	70	1.92%
very important	1	2859	78.22%
important	2	651	17.81%
not very important	3	51	1.4%
not at all important	4	24	0.66%
	Total	3655	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	104	2.57%
very important	1	3145	77.75%
important	2	718	17.75%
not very important	3	55	1.36%
not at all important	4	23	0.57%
	Total	4045	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	106	2.39%
very important	1	3392	76.62%
important	2	848	19.16%
not very important	3	54	1.22%
not at all important	4	27	0.61%
	Total	4427	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	170	3.39%
very important	1	3768	75.09%
important	2	994	19.81%
not very important	3	57	1.14%
not at all important	4	29	0.58%
	Total	5018	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	144	2.94%
very important	1	3603	73.55%
important	2	1029	21.0%
not very important	3	85	1.74%
not at all important	4	38	0.78%
	Total	4899	100.0%

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