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ypsdqs

Other children or young people pick on me or bully me

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youth

Index term

Children

Variable note:

Item is part of the Peer Relationship Problems subscale (ypsdqpp_dv). For the rest of the items, see ypsdqf, ypsdqk, ypsdqn, ypsdqw. For further information see Strengths & Difficulties Questionnaires. Refer to the syntax file ypsdq_dv for the code to create the subscale.

See ypsdqha_dv, ypsdqcp_dv, ypsdqes_dv, ypsdqps_dv, ypsdqtd_dv, ypsdqa, ypsdqb, ypsdqc, ypsdqd, ypsdqe, ypsdqg, ypsdqh, ypsdqi, ypsdqj, ypsdql, ypsdqm, ypsdqo, ypsdqp, ypsdqq, ypsdqr, ypsdqt, ypsdqu, ypsdqv, ypsdqx, ypsdqy

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	21	1.19%
Not true	1	1388	78.6%
Somewhat true	2	293	16.59%
Certainly true	3	64	3.62%
	Total	1766	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	12	0.57%
Not true	1	1689	80.43%
Somewhat true	2	321	15.29%
Certainly true	3	78	3.71%
	Total	2100	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	38	1.35%
Not true	1	2220	78.7%
Somewhat true	2	445	15.77%
Certainly true	3	118	4.18%
	Total	2821	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	34	0.94%
Not true	1	2935	80.85%
Somewhat true	2	512	14.1%
Certainly true	3	149	4.1%
	Total	3630	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	137	3.75%
not true	1	2855	78.11%
somewhat true	2	526	14.39%
certainly true	3	137	3.75%
	Total	3655	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	45	1.02%
not true	1	3557	80.35%
somewhat true	2	664	15.0%
certainly true	3	161	3.64%
	Total	4427	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	65	1.33%
not true	1	3875	79.1%
somewhat true	2	711	14.51%
certainly true	3	248	5.06%
	Total	4899	100.0%

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