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ypdklm_bh

past month: how many alcoholic drinks?

Datafile

youth

Index terms

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	7	0.57%
don't know	-1	2	0.16%
never	1	892	73.0%
once or twice	2	249	20.38%
several times	3	72	5.89%
	Total	1222	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.32	9	1.0	3.0	0.58	1213

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	8	0.64%
refusal	-2	1	0.08%
don't know	-1	1	0.08%
never	1	887	71.24%
once or twice	2	274	22.01%
several times	3	74	5.94%
	Total	1245	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.34	10	1.0	3.0	0.59	1235

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	8	0.57%
never	1	943	66.74%
once or twice	2	374	26.47%
several times	3	88	6.23%
	Total	1413	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.39	8	1.0	3.0	0.6	1405

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3	0.32%
never	1	608	64.27%
once or twice	2	243	25.69%
several times	3	92	9.73%
	Total	946	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.45	3	1.0	3.0	0.67	943

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.14%
never	1	417	57.92%
once or twice	2	227	31.53%
several times	3	75	10.42%
	Total	720	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.52	1	1.0	3.0	0.68	719

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
never	1	419	56.02%
once or twice	2	256	34.22%
several times	3	73	9.76%
	Total	748	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.54	0	1.0	3.0	0.67	748

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3	0.4%
don't know	-1	1	0.13%
never	1	397	53.0%
once or twice	2	263	35.11%
several times	3	85	11.35%
	Total	749	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.58	4	1.0	3.0	0.69	745

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