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ypeatn

past week: times evening meal w family ?

Datafile

youth

Index terms

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	4	0.33%
refusal	-2	2	0.16%
none	1	118	9.66%
1 - 2	2	280	22.91%
3 - 5	3	265	21.69%
6 - 7	4	553	45.25%
	Total	1222	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
3.03	6	1.0	4.0	1.04	1216

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	4	0.32%
don't know	-1	2	0.16%
none	1	131	10.52%
1 - 2	2	291	23.37%
3 - 5	3	300	24.1%
6 - 7	4	517	41.53%
	Total	1245	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
2.97	6	1.0	4.0	1.04	1239

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	4	0.29%
don't know	-1	1	0.07%
none	1	145	10.66%
1 - 2	2	314	23.09%
3 - 5	3	326	23.97%
6 - 7	4	570	41.91%
	Total	1360	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
2.97	5	1.0	4.0	1.04	1355

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	4	0.28%
none	1	187	13.23%
1 - 2	2	320	22.65%
3 - 5	3	357	25.27%
6 - 7	4	545	38.57%
	Total	1413	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
2.89	4	1.0	4.0	1.07	1409

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.14%
none	1	179	12.81%
1 - 2	2	367	26.27%
3 - 5	3	329	23.55%
6 - 7	4	520	37.22%
	Total	1397	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
2.85	2	1.0	4.0	1.06	1395

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3	0.25%
none	1	161	13.21%
1 - 2	2	299	24.53%
3 - 5	3	303	24.86%
6 - 7	4	453	37.16%
	Total	1219	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
2.86	3	1.0	4.0	1.06	1216

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	7	0.55%
none	1	152	11.88%
1 - 2	2	315	24.63%
3 - 5	3	299	23.38%
6 - 7	4	506	39.56%
	Total	1279	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
2.91	7	1.0	4.0	1.06	1272

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	5	0.35%
don't know	-1	1	0.07%
none	1	152	10.76%
1 - 2	2	362	25.62%
3 - 5	3	392	27.74%
6 - 7	4	501	35.46%
	Total	1413	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
2.88	6	1.0	4.0	1.02	1407

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	4	0.28%
none	1	141	9.97%
1 - 2	2	339	23.97%
3 - 5	3	380	26.87%
6 - 7	4	550	38.9%
	Total	1414	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
2.95	4	1.0	4.0	1.01	1410

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
none	1	113	12.05%
1 - 2	2	212	22.6%
3 - 5	3	232	24.73%
6 - 7	4	381	40.62%
	Total	938	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
2.94	0	1.0	4.0	1.05	938

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.21%
none	1	84	8.88%
1 - 2	2	217	22.94%
3 - 5	3	284	30.02%
6 - 7	4	359	37.95%
	Total	946	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
2.97	2	1.0	4.0	0.98	944

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.14%
none	1	83	11.53%
1 - 2	2	189	26.25%
3 - 5	3	178	24.72%
6 - 7	4	269	37.36%
	Total	720	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
2.88	1	1.0	4.0	1.04	719

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.13%
none	1	111	14.84%
1 - 2	2	202	27.01%
3 - 5	3	193	25.8%
6 - 7	4	241	32.22%
	Total	748	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
2.76	1	1.0	4.0	1.06	747

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3	0.4%
none	1	107	14.29%
1 - 2	2	179	23.9%
3 - 5	3	217	28.97%
6 - 7	4	243	32.44%
	Total	749	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
2.8	3	1.0	4.0	1.05	746

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.26%
none	1	102	13.2%
1 - 2	2	172	22.25%
3 - 5	3	200	25.87%
6 - 7	4	297	38.42%
	Total	773	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
2.9	2	1.0	4.0	1.06	771

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