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ypfght

how often past month:fight with someone?

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youth

Index term

Children

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	16	0.99%
None	1	1337	82.38%
Once	2	165	10.17%
2-5 times	3	78	4.81%
6-9 times	4	14	0.86%
10 or more times	5	13	0.8%
	Total	1623	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	6	0.36%
None	1	1407	84.61%
Once	2	149	8.96%
2-5 times	3	77	4.63%
6-9 times	4	15	0.9%
10 or more times	5	9	0.54%
	Total	1663	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	20	0.8%
None	1	1991	79.45%
Once	2	317	12.65%
2-5 times	3	143	5.71%
6-9 times	4	13	0.52%
10 or more times	5	22	0.88%
	Total	2506	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	26	0.72%
None	1	2979	82.07%
Once	2	408	11.24%
2-5 times	3	167	4.6%
6-9 times	4	29	0.8%
10 or more times	5	21	0.58%
	Total	3630	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	130	3.56%
none	1	2906	79.51%
once	2	410	11.22%
2-5 times	3	159	4.35%
6-9 times	4	24	0.66%
10 or more times	5	26	0.71%
	Total	3655	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	31	0.7%
none	1	3576	80.78%
once	2	544	12.29%
2-5 times	3	216	4.88%
6-9 times	4	32	0.72%
10 or more times	5	28	0.63%
	Total	4427	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3	0.25%
refusal	-2	2	0.16%
none	1	922	75.45%
once	2	177	14.48%
2 - 5	3	90	7.36%
6 - 9	4	11	0.9%
10 or more	5	17	1.39%
	Total	1222	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	6	0.48%
don't know	-1	1	0.08%
none	1	893	71.73%
once	2	216	17.35%
2 - 5	3	96	7.71%
6 - 9	4	22	1.77%
10 or more	5	11	0.88%
	Total	1245	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.15%
none	1	971	71.4%
once	2	238	17.5%
2 - 5	3	116	8.53%
6 - 9	4	13	0.96%
10 or more	5	20	1.47%
	Total	1360	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
don't know	-1	1	0.07%
none	1	1057	74.81%
once	2	218	15.43%
2 - 5	3	106	7.5%
6 - 9	4	16	1.13%
10 or more	5	15	1.06%
	Total	1413	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.14%
none	1	1026	73.44%
once	2	225	16.11%
2 - 5	3	104	7.44%
6 - 9	4	17	1.22%
10 or more	5	23	1.65%
	Total	1397	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	5	0.41%
none	1	835	68.5%
once	2	220	18.05%
2 - 5	3	117	9.6%
6 - 9	4	16	1.31%
10 or more	5	26	2.13%
	Total	1219	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	6	0.47%
none	1	904	70.68%
once	2	236	18.45%
2 - 5	3	90	7.04%
6 - 9	4	19	1.49%
10 or more	5	24	1.88%
	Total	1279	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3	0.21%
none	1	1021	72.26%
once	2	222	15.71%
2 - 5	3	125	8.85%
6 - 9	4	14	0.99%
10 or more	5	28	1.98%
	Total	1413	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.14%
none	1	977	69.09%
once	2	272	19.24%
2 - 5	3	122	8.63%
6 - 9	4	23	1.63%
10 or more	5	18	1.27%
	Total	1414	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
none	1	669	71.32%
once	2	160	17.06%
2 - 5	3	85	9.06%
6 - 9	4	11	1.17%
10 or more	5	13	1.39%
	Total	938	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3	0.32%
none	1	679	71.78%
once	2	180	19.03%
2 - 5	3	59	6.24%
6 - 9	4	11	1.16%
10 or more	5	14	1.48%
	Total	946	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.14%
none	1	507	70.42%
once	2	138	19.17%
2 - 5	3	57	7.92%
6 - 9	4	2	0.28%
10 or more	5	15	2.08%
	Total	720	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
none	1	531	70.99%
once	2	143	19.12%
2 - 5	3	59	7.89%
6 - 9	4	9	1.2%
10 or more	5	6	0.8%
	Total	748	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.27%
none	1	503	67.16%
once	2	151	20.16%
2 - 5	3	78	10.41%
6 - 9	4	6	0.8%
10 or more	5	9	1.2%
	Total	749	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
none	1	527	68.18%
once	2	140	18.11%
2 - 5	3	88	11.38%
6 - 9	4	8	1.03%
10 or more	5	10	1.29%
	Total	773	100.0%

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