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ypsmof

how often do you smoke ?

Datafile

youth

Index terms

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	8	0.65%
refusal	-2	2	0.16%
i have never smoked	1	1008	82.49%
only once or twice	2	118	9.66%
used to, given it up	3	34	2.78%
sometimes lt. 1 a wk	4	17	1.39%
i smoke regularly	5	35	2.86%
	Total	1222	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	4	0.32%
don't know	-1	1	0.08%
i have never smoked	1	1003	80.56%
only once or twice	2	140	11.24%
used to, given it up	3	44	3.53%
sometimes lt. 1 a wk	4	14	1.12%
i smoke regularly	5	39	3.13%
	Total	1245	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	6	0.44%
refusal	-2	2	0.15%
i have never smoked	1	1062	78.09%
only once or twice	2	148	10.88%
used to, given it up	3	59	4.34%
sometimes lt. 1 a wk	4	23	1.69%
i smoke regularly	5	60	4.41%
	Total	1360	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	8	0.57%
i have never smoked	1	1059	74.95%
only once or twice	2	190	13.45%
used to, given it up	3	68	4.81%
sometimes lt. 1 a wk	4	23	1.63%
i smoke regularly	5	65	4.6%
	Total	1413	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.14%
i have never smoked	1	1019	72.94%
only once or twice	2	205	14.67%
used to, given it up	3	74	5.3%
sometimes lt. 1 a wk	4	31	2.22%
i smoke regularly	5	66	4.72%
	Total	1397	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	6	0.49%
i have never smoked	1	844	69.24%
only once or twice	2	202	16.57%
used to, given it up	3	66	5.41%
sometimes lt. 1 a wk	4	34	2.79%
i smoke regularly	5	67	5.5%
	Total	1219	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	8	0.63%
i have never smoked	1	880	68.8%
only once or twice	2	192	15.01%
used to, given it up	3	81	6.33%
sometimes lt. 1 a wk	4	37	2.89%
i smoke regularly	5	81	6.33%
	Total	1279	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	6	0.42%
i have never smoked	1	934	66.1%
only once or twice	2	248	17.55%
used to, given it up	3	79	5.59%
sometimes lt. 1 a wk	4	54	3.82%
i smoke regularly	5	92	6.51%
	Total	1413	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.07%
i have never smoked	1	968	68.46%
only once or twice	2	234	16.55%
used to, given it up	3	82	5.8%
sometimes lt. 1 a wk	4	46	3.25%
i smoke regularly	5	83	5.87%
	Total	1414	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3	0.32%
i have never smoked	1	641	68.34%
only once or twice	2	148	15.78%
used to, given it up	3	54	5.76%
sometimes lt. 1 a wk	4	36	3.84%
i smoke regularly	5	56	5.97%
	Total	938	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	7	0.74%
don't know	-1	1	0.11%
i have never smoked	1	625	66.07%
only once or twice	2	136	14.38%
used to, given it up	3	63	6.66%
sometimes lt. 1 a wk	4	53	5.6%
i smoke regularly	5	61	6.45%
	Total	946	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.28%
i have never smoked	1	453	62.92%
only once or twice	2	119	16.53%
used to, given it up	3	45	6.25%
sometimes lt. 1 a wk	4	48	6.67%
i smoke regularly	5	53	7.36%
	Total	720	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	21	2.81%
i have never smoked	1	474	63.37%
only once or twice	2	98	13.1%
used to, given it up	3	43	5.75%
sometimes lt. 1 a wk	4	50	6.68%
i smoke regularly	5	62	8.29%
	Total	748	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	6	0.8%
don't know	-1	1	0.13%
i have never smoked	1	493	65.82%
only once or twice	2	90	12.02%
used to, given it up	3	52	6.94%
sometimes lt. 1 a wk	4	56	7.48%
i smoke regularly	5	51	6.81%
	Total	749	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	7	0.91%
i have never smoked	1	555	71.8%
only once or twice	2	70	9.06%
used to, given it up	3	60	7.76%
sometimes lt. 1 a wk	4	46	5.95%
i smoke regularly.	5	35	4.53%
	Total	773	100.0%

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