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Mainstage Variable

ypsex

gender of youth

Datafile

youth

Index terms

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Male	1	752	46.33%
Female	2	871	53.67%
	Total	1623	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Male	1	837	47.4%
Female	2	929	52.6%
	Total	1766	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Male	1	837	50.33%
Female	2	826	49.67%
	Total	1663	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Male	1	1041	49.57%
Female	2	1059	50.43%
	Total	2100	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Male	1	1219	48.64%
Female	2	1287	51.36%
	Total	2506	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Male	1	1411	50.02%
Female	2	1410	49.98%
	Total	2821	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Male	1	1618	49.45%
Female	2	1654	50.55%
	Total	3272	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Male	1	1803	49.67%
Female	2	1827	50.33%
	Total	3630	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
male	1	1753	50.65%
female	2	1708	49.35%
	Total	3461	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
male	1	1857	50.81%
female	2	1798	49.19%
	Total	3655	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
male	1	2043	50.51%
female	2	2002	49.49%
	Total	4045	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
male	1	2221	50.17%
female	2	2206	49.83%
	Total	4427	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
male	1	2531	50.44%
female	2	2487	49.56%
	Total	5018	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
male	1	2436	49.72%
female	2	2463	50.28%
	Total	4899	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
male	1	634	51.88%
female	2	588	48.12%
	Total	1222	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
male	1	647	51.97%
female	2	598	48.03%
	Total	1245	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
male	1	701	51.54%
female	2	659	48.46%
	Total	1360	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
male	1	712	50.39%
female	2	701	49.61%
	Total	1413	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
male	1	698	49.96%
female	2	699	50.04%
	Total	1397	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
male	1	592	48.56%
female	2	627	51.44%
	Total	1219	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
male	1	609	47.62%
female	2	670	52.38%
	Total	1279	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
male	1	702	49.68%
female	2	711	50.32%
	Total	1413	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
male	1	714	50.5%
female	2	700	49.5%
	Total	1414	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
male	1	467	49.79%
female	2	471	50.21%
	Total	938	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
male	1	490	51.8%
female	2	456	48.2%
	Total	946	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
male	1	379	52.64%
female	2	341	47.36%
	Total	720	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
male	1	390	52.14%
female	2	358	47.86%
	Total	748	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
male	1	400	53.4%
female	2	349	46.6%
	Total	749	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
male	1	406	52.52%
female	2	367	47.48%
	Total	773	100.0%

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