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Mainstage Variable

yptvvidhrs

Number of hours watching tv on normal school day

Datafile

youth

Index terms

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	15	1.05%
	1	17	1.18%
Less than an hour	2	101	7.04%
1-3 hours	3	782	54.49%
4-6 hours	4	451	31.43%
7 or more hours	5	69	4.81%
	Total	1435	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	19	1.17%
	1	27	1.66%
Less than an hour	2	115	7.09%
1-3 hours	3	850	52.37%
4-6 hours	4	534	32.9%
7 or more hours	5	78	4.81%
	Total	1623	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	16	0.91%
	1	19	1.08%
Less than an hour	2	109	6.17%
1-3 hours	3	968	54.81%
4-6 hours	4	566	32.05%
7 or more hours	5	88	4.98%
	Total	1766	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	8	0.48%
	1	19	1.14%
Less than an hour	2	150	9.02%
1-3 hours	3	906	54.48%
4-6 hours	4	490	29.46%
7 or more hours	5	90	5.41%
	Total	1663	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	20	0.95%
	1	94	4.48%
Less than an hour	2	433	20.62%
1-3 hours	3	1246	59.33%
4-6 hours	4	274	13.05%
7 or more hours	5	33	1.57%
	Total	2100	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	17	0.68%
	1	100	3.99%
Less than an hour	2	436	17.4%
1-3 hours	3	1416	56.5%
4-6 hours	4	471	18.79%
7 or more hours	5	66	2.63%
	Total	2506	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	45	1.6%
	1	108	3.83%
Less than an hour	2	686	24.32%
1-3 hours	3	1589	56.33%
4-6 hours	4	334	11.84%
7 or more hours	5	59	2.09%
	Total	2821	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	35	1.07%
	1	116	3.55%
Less than an hour	2	797	24.36%
1-3 hours	3	1859	56.82%
4-6 hours	4	410	12.53%
7 or more hours	5	55	1.68%
	Total	3272	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	19	0.52%
	1	224	6.17%
Less than an hour	2	1045	28.79%
1-3 hours	3	1960	53.99%
4-6 hours	4	332	9.15%
7 or more hours	5	50	1.38%
	Total	3630	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	22	0.64%
none	1	88	2.54%
less than an hour	2	744	21.5%
1-3 hours	3	2084	60.21%
4-6 hours	4	464	13.41%
7 or more hours	5	59	1.7%
	Total	3461	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	18	0.49%
none	1	147	4.02%
less than an hour	2	899	24.6%
1-3 hours	3	2135	58.41%
4-6 hours	4	399	10.92%
7 or more hours	5	57	1.56%
	Total	3655	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	25	0.62%
none	1	87	2.15%
less than an hour	2	767	18.96%
1-3 hours	3	2502	61.85%
4-6 hours	4	592	14.64%
7 or more hours	5	72	1.78%
	Total	4045	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	12	0.27%
none	1	144	3.25%
less than an hour	2	972	21.96%
1-3 hours	3	2667	60.24%
4-6 hours	4	556	12.56%
7 or more hours	5	76	1.72%
	Total	4427	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	19	0.38%
none	1	89	1.77%
less than an hour	2	813	16.2%
1-3 hours	3	3173	63.23%
4-6 hours	4	805	16.04%
7 or more hours	5	119	2.37%
	Total	5018	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	23	0.47%
none	1	125	2.55%
less than an hour	2	1058	21.6%
1-3 hours	3	2898	59.15%
4-6 hours	4	655	13.37%
7 or more hours	5	140	2.86%
	Total	4899	100.0%

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