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ypdoby

date of birth: year

Datafile

youth

Index terms

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
refusal	-2	2	0.12%
[Value >= 0]	1	1621	99.88%
	Total	1623	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
2009.43	2	2006.0	2013.0	1.86	1621

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
2008.32	0	2005.0	2012.0	1.86	1766

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
2007.36	0	2004.0	2011.0	1.8	1663

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
2006.38	0	2003.0	2010.0	1.8	2100

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
2005.42	0	2002.0	2009.0	1.82	2506

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
2004.51	0	2001.0	2009.0	1.83	2821

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.03%
[Value >= 0]	1	3271	99.97%
	Total	3272	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
2003.49	1	2000.0	2008.0	1.87	3271

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
2002.52	0	1999.0	2007.0	1.83	3630

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
2001.32	0	1998.0	2006.0	1.86	3461

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
2000.37	0	1997.0	2004.0	1.82	3655

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1999.39	0	1996.0	2004.0	1.84	4045

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1998.4	0	1995.0	2002.0	1.83	4427

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1999.01	0	1994.0	9999.0	112.97	5018

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
refusal	-2	1	0.02%
don't know	-1	3	0.06%
[Value >= 0]	1	4895	99.92%
	Total	4899	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1996.49	4	1993.0	2001.0	1.84	4895

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
	1992	21	1.72%
	1993	248	20.29%
	1994	245	20.05%
	1995	236	19.31%
	1996	242	19.8%
	1997	230	18.82%
	Total	1222	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1994.92	0	1992.0	1997.0	1.45	1222

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
	1991	14	1.12%
	1992	257	20.64%
	1993	261	20.96%
	1994	258	20.72%
	1995	237	19.04%
	1996	218	17.51%
	Total	1245	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1993.88	0	1991.0	1996.0	1.42	1245

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
	1990	27	1.99%
	1991	292	21.47%
	1992	274	20.15%
	1993	277	20.37%
	1994	258	18.97%
	1995	232	17.06%
	Total	1360	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1992.84	0	1990.0	1995.0	1.44	1360

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
	1989	20	1.42%
	1990	293	20.74%
	1991	299	21.16%
	1992	292	20.67%
	1993	277	19.6%
	1994	232	16.42%
	Total	1413	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1991.86	0	1989.0	1994.0	1.41	1413

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
	1988	25	1.79%
	1989	277	19.83%
	1990	278	19.9%
	1991	297	21.26%
	1992	279	19.97%
	1993	241	17.25%
	Total	1397	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1990.9	0	1988.0	1993.0	1.43	1397

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
	1987	17	1.39%
	1988	248	20.34%
	1989	241	19.77%
	1990	244	20.02%
	1991	269	22.07%
	1992	200	16.41%
	Total	1219	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1989.9	0	1987.0	1992.0	1.42	1219

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
	1986	21	1.64%
	1987	251	19.62%
	1988	253	19.78%
	1989	252	19.7%
	1990	244	19.08%
	1991	258	20.17%
	Total	1279	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1988.95	0	1986.0	1991.0	1.46	1279

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
	1985	16	1.13%
	1986	286	20.24%
	1987	286	20.24%
	1988	290	20.52%
	1989	295	20.88%
	1990	240	16.99%
	Total	1413	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1987.91	0	1985.0	1990.0	1.41	1413

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
	1984	18	1.27%
	1985	250	17.68%
	1986	296	20.93%
	1987	294	20.79%
	1988	289	20.44%
	1989	267	18.88%
	Total	1414	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1986.98	0	1984.0	1989.0	1.41	1414

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
	1983	16	1.71%
	1984	169	18.02%
	1985	178	18.98%
	1986	182	19.4%
	1987	217	23.13%
	1988	176	18.76%
	Total	938	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1986.01	0	1983.0	1988.0	1.43	938

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
	1982	14	1.48%
	1983	180	19.03%
	1984	186	19.66%
	1985	176	18.6%
	1986	191	20.19%
	1987	199	21.04%
	Total	946	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1985.0	0	1982.0	1987.0	1.46	946

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
	1981	15	2.08%
	1982	134	18.61%
	1983	151	20.97%
	1984	142	19.72%
	1985	146	20.28%
	1986	132	18.33%
	Total	720	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1983.92	0	1981.0	1986.0	1.44	720

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
1980	80	13	1.74%
1981	81	143	19.12%
1982	82	144	19.25%
1983	83	159	21.26%
1984	84	142	18.98%
1985	85	147	19.65%
	Total	748	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
82.96	0	80.0	85.0	1.45	748

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
1979	79	12	1.6%
1980	80	166	22.16%
1981	81	143	19.09%
1982	82	141	18.83%
1983	83	156	20.83%
1984	84	131	17.49%
	Total	749	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
81.88	0	79.0	84.0	1.45	749

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
1978	78	8	1.03%
1979	79	146	18.89%
1980	80	167	21.6%
1981	81	151	19.53%
1982	82	148	19.15%
1983	83	153	19.79%
	Total	773	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
80.96	0	78.0	83.0	1.43	773

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