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yphfr

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youth

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Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	11	0.68%
	1	688	42.39%
	2	551	33.95%
	3	223	13.74%
	4	85	5.24%
	5	41	2.53%
	6	16	0.99%
	7	8	0.49%
	Total	1623	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	12	0.68%
	1	882	49.94%
	2	531	30.07%
	3	222	12.57%
	4	66	3.74%
	5	25	1.42%
	6	20	1.13%
	7	8	0.45%
	Total	1766	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	8	0.48%
	1	739	44.44%
	2	582	35.0%
	3	217	13.05%
	4	65	3.91%
	5	32	1.92%
	6	9	0.54%
	7	11	0.66%
	Total	1663	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	27	1.29%
	1	1059	50.43%
	2	641	30.52%
	3	232	11.05%
	4	86	4.1%
	5	32	1.52%
	6	9	0.43%
	7	14	0.67%
	Total	2100	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	18	0.72%
	1	1144	45.65%
	2	851	33.96%
	3	304	12.13%
	4	118	4.71%
	5	43	1.72%
	6	14	0.56%
	7	14	0.56%
	Total	2506	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	24	0.85%
	1	1395	49.45%
	2	862	30.56%
	3	336	11.91%
	4	113	4.01%
	5	52	1.84%
	6	22	0.78%
	7	17	0.6%
	Total	2821	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	28	0.86%
	1	1580	48.29%
	2	1015	31.02%
	3	410	12.53%
	4	147	4.49%
	5	46	1.41%
	6	27	0.83%
	7	19	0.58%
	Total	3272	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	28	0.77%
	1	1954	53.83%
	2	1048	28.87%
	3	371	10.22%
	4	138	3.8%
	5	55	1.52%
	6	22	0.61%
	7	14	0.39%
	Total	3630	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	25	0.72%
completely happy	1	1711	49.44%
	2	1144	33.05%
	3	365	10.55%
	4	126	3.64%
	5	50	1.44%
	6	25	0.72%
not at all happy	7	15	0.43%
	Total	3461	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	44	1.2%
completely happy	1	1977	54.09%
	2	1070	29.27%
	3	361	9.88%
	4	109	2.98%
	5	51	1.4%
	6	20	0.55%
not at all happy	7	23	0.63%
	Total	3655	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	24	0.59%
completely happy	1	2088	51.62%
	2	1295	32.01%
	3	395	9.77%
	4	151	3.73%
	5	54	1.33%
	6	20	0.49%
not at all happy	7	18	0.44%
	Total	4045	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	40	0.9%
completely happy	1	2542	57.42%
	2	1296	29.27%
	3	359	8.11%
	4	122	2.76%
	5	40	0.9%
	6	12	0.27%
not at all happy	7	16	0.36%
	Total	4427	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	46	0.92%
completely happy	1	2829	56.38%
	2	1510	30.09%
	3	421	8.39%
	4	124	2.47%
	5	47	0.94%
	6	23	0.46%
not at all happy	7	18	0.36%
	Total	5018	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	23	0.47%
	Total	4899	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3	0.25%
completely happy	1	798	65.3%
	2	288	23.57%
	3	88	7.2%
neither happy/unhappy	4	35	2.86%
	5	6	0.49%
	6	3	0.25%
completely unhappy	7	1	0.08%
	Total	1222	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.16%
completely happy	1	772	62.01%
	2	322	25.86%
	3	106	8.51%
neither happy/unhappy	4	26	2.09%
	5	11	0.88%
	6	1	0.08%
completely unhappy	7	5	0.4%
	Total	1245	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	6	0.44%
completely happy	1	835	61.4%
	2	367	26.99%
	3	112	8.24%
neither happy/unhappy	4	27	1.99%
	5	6	0.44%
	6	5	0.37%
completely unhappy	7	2	0.15%
	Total	1360	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	4	0.28%
completely happy	1	822	58.17%
	2	392	27.74%
	3	130	9.2%
neither happy/unhappy	4	43	3.04%
	5	10	0.71%
	6	3	0.21%
completely unhappy	7	9	0.64%
	Total	1413	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	5	0.36%
don't know	-1	1	0.07%
completely happy	1	814	58.27%
	2	395	28.27%
	3	134	9.59%
neither happy/unhappy	4	34	2.43%
	5	10	0.72%
	6	2	0.14%
completely unhappy	7	2	0.14%
	Total	1397	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3	0.25%
completely happy	1	728	59.72%
	2	324	26.58%
	3	119	9.76%
neither happy/unhappy	4	28	2.3%
	5	6	0.49%
	6	6	0.49%
completely unhappy	7	5	0.41%
	Total	1219	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	5	0.39%
completely happy	1	731	57.15%
	2	373	29.16%
	3	106	8.29%
neither happy/unhappy	4	35	2.74%
	5	11	0.86%
	6	10	0.78%
completely unhappy	7	8	0.63%
	Total	1279	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3	0.21%
completely happy	1	702	49.68%
	2	474	33.55%
	3	169	11.96%
neither happy/unhappy	4	40	2.83%
	5	12	0.85%
	6	7	0.5%
completely unhappy	7	6	0.42%
	Total	1413	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	4	0.28%
completely happy	1	695	49.15%
	2	479	33.88%
	3	160	11.32%
neither happy/unhappy	4	51	3.61%
	5	16	1.13%
	6	4	0.28%
completely unhappy	7	5	0.35%
	Total	1414	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3	0.32%
completely happy	1	441	47.01%
	2	329	35.07%
	3	123	13.11%
neither happy/unhappy	4	21	2.24%
	5	13	1.39%
	6	1	0.11%
completely unhappy	7	7	0.75%
	Total	938	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.21%
completely happy	1	452	47.78%
	2	325	34.36%
	3	112	11.84%
neither happy/unhappy	4	37	3.91%
	5	10	1.06%
	6	4	0.42%
completely unhappy	7	4	0.42%
	Total	946	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
completely happy	1	323	44.86%
	2	254	35.28%
	3	106	14.72%
neither happy/unhappy	4	25	3.47%
	5	6	0.83%
	6	3	0.42%
completely unhappy	7	3	0.42%
	Total	720	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	4	0.53%
completely happy	1	333	44.52%
	2	262	35.03%
	3	101	13.5%
neither happy/unhappy	4	27	3.61%
	5	12	1.6%
	6	5	0.67%
completely unhappy	7	4	0.53%
	Total	748	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	7	0.93%
completely happy	1	322	42.99%
	2	271	36.18%
	3	98	13.08%
neither happy/unhappy	4	29	3.87%
	5	10	1.34%
	6	5	0.67%
completely unhappy	7	7	0.93%
	Total	749	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3	0.39%
completely happy	1	372	48.12%
	2	255	32.99%
	3	105	13.58%
neither happy/unhappy	4	26	3.36%
	5	6	0.78%
	6	2	0.26%
completely unhappy	7	4	0.52%
	Total	773	100.0%

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