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ypwhrs

Hours paid work last week

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youth

Index terms

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	354	20.05%
inapplicable	-8	1281	72.54%
[Value >= 0]	1	131	7.42%
	Total	1766	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
34.76	1635	0	999.0	171.91	131

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	12	0.57%
inapplicable	-8	1871	89.1%
[Value >= 0]	1	217	10.33%
	Total	2100	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
88.29	1883	0	999.0	274.86	217

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	79	2.8%
inapplicable	-8	2396	84.93%
[Value >= 0]	1	346	12.27%
	Total	2821	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
57.77	2475	0	999.0	221.21	346

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3197	88.07%
[Value >= 0]	1	433	11.93%
	Total	3630	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
61.12	3197	0	999.0	227.87	433

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2830	77.43%
[Value >= 0]	1	825	22.57%
	Total	3655	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.89	2830	0	55.0	4.12	825

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3272	73.91%
inapplicable	-8	4	0.09%
[Value >= 0]	1	1151	26.0%
	Total	4427	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.62	3276	0	60.0	4.16	1151

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