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yphap

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youth

Index terms

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	11	0.68%
	1	296	18.24%
	2	418	25.75%
	3	407	25.08%
	4	263	16.2%
	5	106	6.53%
	6	71	4.37%
	7	51	3.14%
	Total	1623	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	12	0.68%
	1	359	20.33%
	2	490	27.75%
	3	412	23.33%
	4	229	12.97%
	5	117	6.63%
	6	82	4.64%
	7	65	3.68%
	Total	1766	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	13	0.78%
	1	294	17.68%
	2	472	28.38%
	3	422	25.38%
	4	232	13.95%
	5	115	6.92%
	6	77	4.63%
	7	38	2.29%
	Total	1663	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	25	1.19%
	1	480	22.86%
	2	514	24.48%
	3	492	23.43%
	4	299	14.24%
	5	148	7.05%
	6	94	4.48%
	7	48	2.29%
	Total	2100	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	12	0.48%
	1	518	20.67%
	2	716	28.57%
	3	630	25.14%
	4	314	12.53%
	5	162	6.46%
	6	102	4.07%
	7	52	2.08%
	Total	2506	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	32	1.13%
	1	704	24.96%
	2	763	27.05%
	3	615	21.8%
	4	385	13.65%
	5	171	6.06%
	6	92	3.26%
	7	59	2.09%
	Total	2821	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	37	1.13%
	1	756	23.11%
	2	932	28.48%
	3	787	24.05%
	4	429	13.11%
	5	188	5.75%
	6	88	2.69%
	7	55	1.68%
	Total	3272	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	47	1.29%
	1	975	26.86%
	2	984	27.11%
	3	774	21.32%
	4	476	13.11%
	5	195	5.37%
	6	106	2.92%
	7	73	2.01%
	Total	3630	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	32	0.92%
completely happy	1	749	21.64%
	2	1006	29.07%
	3	822	23.75%
	4	480	13.87%
	5	197	5.69%
	6	115	3.32%
not at all happy	7	60	1.73%
	Total	3461	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	61	1.67%
completely happy	1	830	22.71%
	2	1037	28.37%
	3	810	22.16%
	4	489	13.38%
	5	219	5.99%
	6	138	3.78%
not at all happy	7	71	1.94%
	Total	3655	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	28	0.69%
completely happy	1	837	20.69%
	2	1219	30.14%
	3	1007	24.89%
	4	542	13.4%
	5	221	5.46%
	6	121	2.99%
not at all happy	7	70	1.73%
	Total	4045	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	45	1.02%
completely happy	1	1022	23.09%
	2	1276	28.82%
	3	992	22.41%
	4	592	13.37%
	5	266	6.01%
	6	146	3.3%
not at all happy	7	88	1.99%
	Total	4427	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	47	0.94%
completely happy	1	1042	20.77%
	2	1519	30.27%
	3	1236	24.63%
	4	688	13.71%
	5	265	5.28%
	6	145	2.89%
not at all happy	7	76	1.51%
	Total	5018	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	35	0.71%
	Total	4899	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3	0.25%
completely happy	1	270	22.09%
	2	372	30.44%
	3	319	26.1%
neither happy/unhappy	4	155	12.68%
	5	57	4.66%
	6	27	2.21%
completely unhappy	7	19	1.55%
	Total	1222	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.16%
completely happy	1	264	21.2%
	2	376	30.2%
	3	344	27.63%
neither happy/unhappy	4	153	12.29%
	5	57	4.58%
	6	32	2.57%
completely unhappy	7	17	1.37%
	Total	1245	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	6	0.44%
completely happy	1	269	19.78%
	2	399	29.34%
	3	366	26.91%
neither happy/unhappy	4	184	13.53%
	5	78	5.74%
	6	29	2.13%
completely unhappy	7	29	2.13%
	Total	1360	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	9	0.64%
completely happy	1	293	20.74%
	2	430	30.43%
	3	358	25.34%
neither happy/unhappy	4	192	13.59%
	5	77	5.45%
	6	23	1.63%
completely unhappy	7	31	2.19%
	Total	1413	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	6	0.43%
don't know	-1	1	0.07%
completely happy	1	271	19.4%
	2	400	28.63%
	3	397	28.42%
neither happy/unhappy	4	210	15.03%
	5	61	4.37%
	6	28	2.0%
completely unhappy	7	23	1.65%
	Total	1397	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	4	0.33%
completely happy	1	247	20.26%
	2	351	28.79%
	3	333	27.32%
neither happy/unhappy	4	164	13.45%
	5	69	5.66%
	6	27	2.21%
completely unhappy	7	24	1.97%
	Total	1219	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	7	0.55%
don't know	-1	1	0.08%
completely happy	1	216	16.89%
	2	389	30.41%
	3	352	27.52%
neither happy/unhappy	4	184	14.39%
	5	71	5.55%
	6	30	2.35%
completely unhappy	7	29	2.27%
	Total	1279	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	4	0.28%
don't know	-1	1	0.07%
completely happy	1	282	19.96%
	2	427	30.22%
	3	353	24.98%
neither happy/unhappy	4	202	14.3%
	5	71	5.02%
	6	38	2.69%
completely unhappy	7	35	2.48%
	Total	1413	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	8	0.57%
completely happy	1	292	20.65%
	2	441	31.19%
	3	353	24.96%
neither happy/unhappy	4	183	12.94%
	5	64	4.53%
	6	40	2.83%
completely unhappy	7	33	2.33%
	Total	1414	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	4	0.43%
completely happy	1	183	19.51%
	2	283	30.17%
	3	274	29.21%
neither happy/unhappy	4	129	13.75%
	5	31	3.3%
	6	13	1.39%
completely unhappy	7	21	2.24%
	Total	938	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	7	0.74%
completely happy	1	198	20.93%
	2	308	32.56%
	3	245	25.9%
neither happy/unhappy	4	126	13.32%
	5	36	3.81%
	6	9	0.95%
completely unhappy	7	17	1.8%
	Total	946	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
completely happy	1	140	19.44%
	2	252	35.0%
	3	188	26.11%
neither happy/unhappy	4	89	12.36%
	5	27	3.75%
	6	11	1.53%
completely unhappy	7	13	1.81%
	Total	720	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3	0.4%
completely happy	1	153	20.45%
	2	217	29.01%
	3	209	27.94%
neither happy/unhappy	4	94	12.57%
	5	34	4.55%
	6	19	2.54%
completely unhappy	7	19	2.54%
	Total	748	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	6	0.8%
don't know	-1	1	0.13%
completely happy	1	124	16.56%
	2	234	31.24%
	3	214	28.57%
neither happy/unhappy	4	100	13.35%
	5	37	4.94%
	6	13	1.74%
completely unhappy	7	20	2.67%
	Total	749	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	5	0.65%
completely happy	1	132	17.08%
	2	241	31.18%
	3	221	28.59%
neither happy/unhappy	4	112	14.49%
	5	39	5.05%
	6	11	1.42%
completely unhappy	7	12	1.55%
	Total	773	100.0%

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