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yptrun

played truant from school

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youth

Index terms

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	4	0.33%
refusal	-2	2	0.16%
don't know	-1	2	0.16%
never	1	1009	82.57%
once or twice	2	145	11.87%
several times	3	40	3.27%
often	4	20	1.64%
	Total	1222	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	5	0.4%
never	1	998	80.16%
once or twice	2	185	14.86%
several times	3	38	3.05%
often	4	19	1.53%
	Total	1245	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	7	0.51%
don't know	-1	2	0.15%
never	1	1094	80.44%
once or twice	2	186	13.68%
several times	3	50	3.68%
often	4	21	1.54%
	Total	1360	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	16	1.13%
don't know	-1	1	0.07%
never	1	1122	79.41%
once or twice	2	208	14.72%
several times	3	48	3.4%
often	4	18	1.27%
	Total	1413	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	6	0.43%
don't know	-1	1	0.07%
never	1	1131	80.96%
once or twice	2	188	13.46%
several times	3	51	3.65%
often	4	20	1.43%
	Total	1397	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.16%
never	1	982	80.56%
once or twice	2	183	15.01%
several times	3	34	2.79%
often	4	18	1.48%
	Total	1219	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	7	0.55%
never	1	1012	79.12%
once or twice	2	198	15.48%
several times	3	39	3.05%
often	4	23	1.8%
	Total	1279	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	4	0.28%
never	1	1122	79.41%
once or twice	2	204	14.44%
several times	3	61	4.32%
often	4	22	1.56%
	Total	1413	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3	0.21%
never	1	1142	80.76%
once or twice	2	190	13.44%
several times	3	46	3.25%
often	4	33	2.33%
	Total	1414	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	5	0.53%
never	1	795	84.75%
once or twice	2	105	11.19%
several times	3	18	1.92%
often	4	15	1.6%
	Total	938	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3	0.32%
never	1	804	84.99%
once or twice	2	100	10.57%
several times	3	19	2.01%
often	4	20	2.11%
	Total	946	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.14%
never	1	609	84.58%
once or twice	2	75	10.42%
several times	3	28	3.89%
often	4	7	0.97%
	Total	720	100.0%

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