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ypsdqf

Generally plays alone or keeps to themselves

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youth

Index term

Children

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	18	1.25%
Not true	1	727	50.66%
Somewhat true	2	492	34.29%
Certainly true	3	198	13.8%
	Total	1435	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	17	0.96%
Not true	1	888	50.28%
Somewhat true	2	616	34.88%
Certainly true	3	245	13.87%
	Total	1766	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	14	0.67%
Not true	1	1129	53.76%
Somewhat true	2	707	33.67%
Certainly true	3	250	11.9%
	Total	2100	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	44	1.56%
Not true	1	1665	59.02%
Somewhat true	2	818	29.0%
Certainly true	3	294	10.42%
	Total	2821	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	32	0.88%
Not true	1	2186	60.22%
Somewhat true	2	1051	28.95%
Certainly true	3	361	9.94%
	Total	3630	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	133	3.64%
not true	1	2179	59.62%
somewhat true	2	987	27.0%
certainly true	3	356	9.74%
	Total	3655	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	37	0.84%
not true	1	2895	65.39%
somewhat true	2	1126	25.43%
certainly true	3	369	8.34%
	Total	4427	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	53	1.08%
not true	1	3217	65.67%
somewhat true	2	1207	24.64%
certainly true	3	422	8.61%
	Total	4899	100.0%

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