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youth

Index term

Children

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	5	0.28%
Yes	1	1595	90.32%
No	2	166	9.4%
	Total	1766	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3	0.14%
Yes	1	1889	89.95%
No	2	208	9.9%
	Total	2100	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	11	0.39%
Yes	1	2517	89.22%
No	2	293	10.39%
	Total	2821	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	19	0.52%
Yes	1	2926	80.61%
No	2	685	18.87%
	Total	3630	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	124	3.39%
yes	1	2910	79.62%
no	2	621	16.99%
	Total	3655	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	19	0.43%
yes	1	3759	84.91%
no	2	649	14.66%
	Total	4427	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	17	0.35%
yes	1	4092	83.53%
no	2	790	16.13%
	Total	4899	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	4	0.33%
refusal	-2	4	0.33%
yes	1	1109	90.75%
no	2	105	8.59%
	Total	1222	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	7	0.56%
yes	1	1125	90.36%
no	2	113	9.08%
	Total	1245	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	5	0.37%
don't know	-1	2	0.15%
yes	1	1214	89.26%
no	2	139	10.22%
	Total	1360	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	10	0.71%
don't know	-1	1	0.07%
yes	1	1225	86.69%
no	2	177	12.53%
	Total	1413	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	10	0.72%
yes	1	1188	85.04%
no	2	199	14.24%
	Total	1397	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	9	0.74%
yes	1	942	77.28%
no	2	268	21.99%
	Total	1219	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	12	0.94%
yes	1	903	70.6%
no	2	364	28.46%
	Total	1279	100.0%

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