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ypcahrs

Hours per week spent caring for hh member

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youth

Index term

Caring

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	360	20.39%
inapplicable	-8	1207	68.35%
[Value >= 0]	1	199	11.27%
	Total	1766	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
23.8	1567	0	999.0	122.71	199

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	22	1.05%
inapplicable	-8	1754	83.52%
[Value >= 0]	1	324	15.43%
	Total	2100	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
82.11	1776	0	999.0	265.82	324

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	137	4.86%
inapplicable	-8	2163	76.67%
[Value >= 0]	1	521	18.47%
	Total	2821	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
7.28	2300	0	164.0	16.86	521

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2749	75.73%
[Value >= 0]	1	881	24.27%
	Total	3630	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
8.04	2749	0	168.0	17.39	881

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2842	77.76%
[Value >= 0]	1	813	22.24%
	Total	3655	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
3.94	2842	0	82.0	7.66	813

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3412	77.07%
[Value >= 0]	1	1015	22.93%
	Total	4427	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
3.03	3412	0	84.0	5.59	1015

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