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ypvand

vandalised property in past year

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youth

Index terms

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	14	0.86%
Never	1	1426	87.86%
Once or twice	2	161	9.92%
Several times	3	21	1.29%
Often	4	1	0.06%
	Total	1623	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	6	0.36%
Never	1	1489	89.54%
Once or twice	2	145	8.72%
Several times	3	18	1.08%
Often	4	5	0.3%
	Total	1663	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	25	1.0%
Never	1	2209	88.15%
Once or twice	2	250	9.98%
Several times	3	22	0.88%
	Total	2506	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	32	0.88%
Never	1	3238	89.2%
Once or twice	2	325	8.95%
Several times	3	29	0.8%
Often	4	6	0.17%
	Total	3630	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	132	3.61%
never	1	3161	86.48%
once or twice	2	324	8.86%
several times	3	27	0.74%
often	4	11	0.3%
	Total	3655	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	32	0.72%
never	1	3964	89.54%
once or twice	2	396	8.95%
several times	3	29	0.66%
often	4	6	0.14%
	Total	4427	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.08%
don't know	-1	1	0.08%
never	1	1028	82.57%
once or twice	2	194	15.58%
several times	3	13	1.04%
often	4	8	0.64%
	Total	1245	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.14%
never	1	1096	77.57%
once or twice	2	268	18.97%
several times	3	33	2.34%
often	4	14	0.99%
	Total	1413	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
never	1	1106	78.22%
once or twice	2	262	18.53%
several times	3	33	2.33%
often	4	13	0.92%
	Total	1414	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.21%
never	1	761	81.13%
once or twice	2	148	15.78%
several times	3	19	2.03%
often	4	8	0.85%
	Total	938	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3	0.32%
never	1	747	78.96%
once or twice	2	169	17.86%
several times	3	12	1.27%
often	4	15	1.59%
	Total	946	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.28%
never	1	583	80.97%
once or twice	2	122	16.94%
several times	3	9	1.25%
often	4	4	0.56%
	Total	720	100.0%

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