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yptlkf

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youth

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Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	15	0.85%
Most days	1	412	23.33%
More than once a week	2	387	21.91%
Less than once a week	3	399	22.59%
Hardly ever	4	467	26.44%
Don't have a father	5	86	4.87%
	Total	1766	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	22	1.05%
Most days	1	452	21.52%
More than once a week	2	448	21.33%
Less than once a week	3	495	23.57%
Hardly ever	4	594	28.29%
Don't have a father	5	89	4.24%
	Total	2100	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	39	1.38%
Most days	1	601	21.3%
More than once a week	2	606	21.48%
Less than once a week	3	656	23.25%
Hardly ever	4	769	27.26%
Don't have a father	5	150	5.32%
	Total	2821	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	48	1.32%
Most days	1	769	21.18%
More than once a week	2	781	21.52%
Less than once a week	3	742	20.44%
Hardly ever	4	1073	29.56%
Don't have a father	5	217	5.98%
	Total	3630	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	141	3.86%
most days	1	687	18.8%
more than once a week	2	724	19.81%
less than once a week	3	735	20.11%
hardly ever	4	1155	31.6%
don t have father	5	213	5.83%
	Total	3655	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	65	1.47%
most days	1	799	18.05%
more than once a week	2	836	18.88%
less than once a week	3	962	21.73%
hardly ever	4	1503	33.95%
don t have father	5	262	5.92%
	Total	4427	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	87	1.78%
most days	1	887	18.11%
more than once a week	2	848	17.31%
less than once a week	3	935	19.09%
hardly ever	4	1824	37.23%
don't have a father	5	318	6.49%
	Total	4899	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	6	0.49%
refusal	-2	2	0.16%
most days	1	149	12.19%
more than once a wk.	2	189	15.47%
less than once a wk.	3	251	20.54%
hardly ever	4	538	44.03%
don't have a father	5	87	7.12%
	Total	1222	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	5	0.4%
don't know	-1	3	0.24%
most days	1	148	11.89%
more than once a wk.	2	172	13.82%
less than once a wk.	3	266	21.37%
hardly ever	4	568	45.62%
don't have a father	5	83	6.67%
	Total	1245	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	7	0.51%
don't know	-1	1	0.07%
most days	1	163	11.99%
more than once a wk.	2	191	14.04%
less than once a wk.	3	282	20.74%
hardly ever	4	628	46.18%
don't have a father	5	88	6.47%
	Total	1360	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	5	0.35%
don't know	-1	1	0.07%
most days	1	161	11.39%
more than once a wk.	2	184	13.02%
less than once a wk.	3	277	19.6%
hardly ever	4	682	48.27%
don't have a father	5	103	7.29%
	Total	1413	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	8	0.57%
don't know	-1	3	0.21%
most days	1	176	12.6%
more than once a wk.	2	199	14.24%
less than once a wk.	3	280	20.04%
hardly ever	4	643	46.03%
don't have a father	5	88	6.3%
	Total	1397	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	6	0.49%
most days	1	160	13.13%
more than once a wk.	2	176	14.44%
less than once a wk.	3	242	19.85%
hardly ever	4	559	45.86%
don't have a father	5	76	6.23%
	Total	1219	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	7	0.55%
most days	1	158	12.35%
more than once a wk.	2	187	14.62%
less than once a wk.	3	258	20.17%
hardly ever	4	597	46.68%
don't have a father	5	72	5.63%
	Total	1279	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	6	0.42%
most days	1	159	11.25%
more than once a wk.	2	180	12.74%
less than once a wk.	3	249	17.62%
hardly ever	4	544	38.5%
don't have a father	5	275	19.46%
	Total	1413	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3	0.21%
most days	1	155	10.96%
more than once a wk.	2	167	11.81%
less than once a wk.	3	263	18.6%
hardly ever	4	530	37.48%
don't have a father	5	296	20.93%
	Total	1414	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	6	0.64%
most days	1	89	9.49%
more than once a wk.	2	127	13.54%
less than once a wk.	3	173	18.44%
hardly ever	4	343	36.57%
don't have a father	5	200	21.32%
	Total	938	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.21%
most days	1	90	9.51%
more than once a wk.	2	122	12.9%
less than once a wk.	3	185	19.56%
hardly ever	4	349	36.89%
don't have a father	5	198	20.93%
	Total	946	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.14%
most days	1	70	9.72%
more than once a wk.	2	90	12.5%
less than once a wk.	3	145	20.14%
hardly ever	4	301	41.81%
don't have a father	5	113	15.69%
	Total	720	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.27%
most days	1	79	10.56%
more than once a wk.	2	103	13.77%
less than once a wk.	3	133	17.78%
hardly ever	4	303	40.51%
don't have a father	5	128	17.11%
	Total	748	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3	0.4%
most days	1	70	9.35%
more than once a wk.	2	83	11.08%
less than once a wk.	3	170	22.7%
hardly ever	4	298	39.79%
don't have a father	5	125	16.69%
	Total	749	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
most days	1	114	14.75%
more than once a wk.	2	127	16.43%
less than once a wk.	3	143	18.5%
hardly ever	4	273	35.32%
don't have a father	5	116	15.01%
	Total	773	100.0%

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