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ypsdqb

Behaviour: restless

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youth

Index term

Children

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	17	1.18%
Not true	1	349	24.32%
Somewhat true	2	653	45.51%
Certainly true	3	416	28.99%
	Total	1435	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	22	1.25%
Not true	1	474	26.84%
Somewhat true	2	803	45.47%
Certainly true	3	467	26.44%
	Total	1766	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	13	0.62%
Not true	1	581	27.67%
Somewhat true	2	962	45.81%
Certainly true	3	544	25.9%
	Total	2100	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	40	1.42%
Not true	1	791	28.04%
Somewhat true	2	1293	45.83%
Certainly true	3	697	24.71%
	Total	2821	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	43	1.18%
Not true	1	991	27.3%
Somewhat true	2	1649	45.43%
Certainly true	3	947	26.09%
	Total	3630	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	134	3.67%
not true	1	963	26.35%
somewhat true	2	1665	45.55%
certainly true	3	893	24.43%
	Total	3655	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	39	0.88%
not true	1	1275	28.8%
somewhat true	2	1974	44.59%
certainly true	3	1139	25.73%
	Total	4427	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	62	1.27%
not true	1	1351	27.58%
somewhat true	2	2050	41.85%
certainly true	3	1436	29.31%
	Total	4899	100.0%

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