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ypjbqb

work hours short, with free time

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youth

Index terms

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	28	2.25%
inapplicable	-8	512	41.12%
refusal	-2	1	0.08%
don't know	-1	30	2.41%
very important	1	146	11.73%
important	2	358	28.76%
not important	3	158	12.69%
unimportant	4	12	0.96%
	Total	1245	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
2.05	571	1.0	4.0	0.72	674

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	6	0.49%
inapplicable	-8	526	43.15%
don't know	-1	24	1.97%
very important	1	138	11.32%
important	2	373	30.6%
not very important	3	145	11.89%
not at all important	4	7	0.57%
	Total	1219	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
2.03	556	1.0	4.0	0.68	663

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	13	1.02%
inapplicable	-8	555	43.39%
don't know	-1	19	1.49%
very important	1	147	11.49%
important	2	372	29.09%
not very important	3	168	13.14%
not at all important	4	5	0.39%
	Total	1279	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
2.04	587	1.0	4.0	0.69	692

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	6	0.8%
inapplicable	-8	481	64.3%
very important	1	60	8.02%
not very important	2	168	22.46%
not at all important	3	33	4.41%
	Total	748	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.9	487	1.0	3.0	0.59	261

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3	0.4%
inapplicable	-8	448	59.81%
very important	1	56	7.48%
not very important	2	204	27.24%
not at all important	3	38	5.07%
	Total	749	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.94	451	1.0	3.0	0.56	298

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3	0.39%
inapplicable	-8	480	62.1%
very important	1	57	7.37%
not very important	2	195	25.23%
not at all important	3	38	4.92%
	Total	773	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.93	483	1.0	3.0	0.57	290

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