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ypdklm

Frequency alcoholic drink in last 4 weeks

Datafile

youth

Index terms

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	1255	77.33%
Most days	1	2	0.12%
Once or twice a week	2	27	1.66%
2 or 3 times	3	89	5.48%
Once only	4	115	7.09%
Never	5	133	8.19%
Never but Q49 answered	6	2	0.12%
	Total	1623	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	301	17.04%
inapplicable	-8	1080	61.16%
Most days	1	2	0.11%
Once or twice a week	2	32	1.81%
2 or 3 times	3	104	5.89%
Once only	4	108	6.12%
Never	5	139	7.87%
	Total	1766	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	1298	78.05%
Most days	1	1	0.06%
Once or twice a week	2	28	1.68%
2 or 3 times	3	76	4.57%
Once only	4	105	6.31%
Never	5	148	8.9%
Never but Q42 answered	6	7	0.42%
	Total	1663	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	1622	77.24%
Most days	1	3	0.14%
Once or twice a week	2	26	1.24%
2 or 3 times	3	113	5.38%
Once only	4	151	7.19%
Never	5	185	8.81%
	Total	2100	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.04%
inapplicable	-8	1920	76.62%
Most days	1	4	0.16%
Once or twice a week	2	29	1.16%
2 or 3 times	3	152	6.07%
Once only	4	188	7.5%
Never	5	200	7.98%
Never but Q38 answered	6	12	0.48%
	Total	2506	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	32	1.13%
inapplicable	-8	2151	76.25%
Most days	1	2	0.07%
Once or twice a week	2	39	1.38%
2 or 3 times	3	175	6.2%
Once only	4	185	6.56%
Never	5	237	8.4%
	Total	2821	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	47	1.44%
Most days	1	8	0.24%
Once or twice a week	2	53	1.62%
2 or 3 times	3	160	4.89%
Once only	4	229	7.0%
Never	5	1634	49.94%
Never but Q46 answered	6	1141	34.87%
	Total	3272	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2893	79.7%
Most days	1	2	0.06%
Once or twice a week	2	41	1.13%
2 or 3 times	3	158	4.35%
Once only	4	247	6.8%
Never	5	289	7.96%
	Total	3630	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	67	1.94%
most days	1	8	0.23%
once or twice a week	2	37	1.07%
2 or 3 times	3	204	5.89%
once only	4	298	8.61%
never	5	1710	49.41%
never but q45 answered	6	1137	32.85%
	Total	3461	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2694	73.71%
most days	1	26	0.71%
once or twice a week	2	55	1.5%
2 or 3 times	3	214	5.85%
once only	4	254	6.95%
never	5	412	11.27%
	Total	3655	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	85	2.1%
most days	1	5	0.12%
once or twice a week	2	77	1.9%
2 or 3 times	3	243	6.01%
once only	4	366	9.05%
never	5	1901	47.0%
never but q45 answered	6	1368	33.82%
	Total	4045	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2181	49.27%
most days	1	17	0.38%
once or twice a week	2	76	1.72%
2 or 3 times	3	316	7.14%
once only	4	375	8.47%
never	5	1462	33.02%
	Total	4427	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	100	1.99%
most days	1	14	0.28%
once or twice a week	2	115	2.29%
2 or 3 times	3	387	7.71%
once only	4	507	10.1%
never	5	2089	41.63%
never but q45 answered	6	1806	35.99%
	Total	5018	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	70	1.43%
most days	1	18	0.37%
once or twice a week	2	116	2.37%
2 or 3 times	3	365	7.45%
once only	4	538	10.98%
never	5	3792	77.4%
	Total	4899	100.0%

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