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yppals

times had friends round to your house ?

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youth

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Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	5	0.41%
refusal	-2	4	0.33%
none	1	491	40.18%
1-3	2	505	41.33%
4-6	3	140	11.46%
7 or more	4	77	6.3%
	Total	1222	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.84	9	1.0	4.0	0.87	1213

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	6	0.48%
none	1	484	38.88%
1-3	2	535	42.97%
4-6	3	138	11.08%
7 or more	4	82	6.59%
	Total	1245	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.85	6	1.0	4.0	0.86	1239

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	4	0.29%
none	1	515	37.87%
1-3	2	569	41.84%
4-6	3	156	11.47%
7 or more	4	116	8.53%
	Total	1360	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.91	4	1.0	4.0	0.91	1356

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	8	0.57%
don't know	-1	2	0.14%
none	1	516	36.52%
1-3	2	575	40.69%
4-6	3	194	13.73%
7 or more	4	118	8.35%
	Total	1413	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.94	10	1.0	4.0	0.92	1403

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	9	0.64%
don't know	-1	2	0.14%
none	1	508	36.36%
1-3	2	569	40.73%
4-6	3	178	12.74%
7 or more	4	131	9.38%
	Total	1397	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.95	11	1.0	4.0	0.93	1386

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	5	0.41%
none	1	370	30.35%
1-3	2	547	44.87%
4-6	3	179	14.68%
7 or more	4	118	9.68%
	Total	1219	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
2.04	5	1.0	4.0	0.92	1214

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	7	0.55%
none	1	404	31.59%
1-3	2	577	45.11%
4-6	3	153	11.96%
7 or more	4	138	10.79%
	Total	1279	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
2.02	7	1.0	4.0	0.93	1272

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	4	0.28%
none	1	419	29.65%
1 - 2	2	571	40.41%
3 - 5	3	286	20.24%
6 or more	4	133	9.41%
	Total	1413	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
2.09	4	1.0	4.0	0.93	1409

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.14%
none	1	381	26.94%
1 - 2	2	576	40.74%
3 - 5	3	286	20.23%
6 or more	4	169	11.95%
	Total	1414	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
2.17	2	1.0	4.0	0.96	1412

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.21%
none	1	254	27.08%
1 - 2	2	399	42.54%
3 - 5	3	193	20.58%
6 or more	4	90	9.59%
	Total	938	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
2.13	2	1.0	4.0	0.92	936

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.21%
none	1	266	28.12%
1 - 2	2	391	41.33%
3 - 5	3	182	19.24%
6 or more	4	105	11.1%
	Total	946	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
2.13	2	1.0	4.0	0.95	944

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.14%
none	1	208	28.89%
1 - 2	2	312	43.33%
3 - 5	3	131	18.19%
6 or more	4	68	9.44%
	Total	720	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
2.08	1	1.0	4.0	0.92	719

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.13%
none	1	225	30.08%
1 - 2	2	290	38.77%
3 - 5	3	158	21.12%
6 or more	4	74	9.89%
	Total	748	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
2.11	1	1.0	4.0	0.95	747

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.27%
none	1	242	32.31%
1 - 2	2	283	37.78%
3 - 5	3	145	19.36%
6 or more	4	77	10.28%
	Total	749	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
2.08	2	1.0	4.0	0.96	747

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
none	1	217	28.07%
1 - 2	2	308	39.84%
3 - 5	3	159	20.57%
6 or more	4	89	11.51%
	Total	773	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
2.16	0	1.0	4.0	0.96	773

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