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ypwklw

paid work done last week

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youth

Index terms

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	22	1.25%
Yes	1	133	7.53%
No	2	1611	91.22%
	Total	1766	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	25	1.19%
Yes	1	229	10.9%
No	2	1846	87.9%
	Total	2100	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	64	2.27%
Yes	1	362	12.83%
No	2	2395	84.9%
	Total	2821	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	78	2.15%
Yes	1	453	12.48%
No	2	3099	85.37%
	Total	3630	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	150	4.1%
yes	1	858	23.47%
no	2	2647	72.42%
	Total	3655	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	60	1.36%
yes	1	460	10.39%
no	2	3907	88.25%
	Total	4427	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	15	1.23%
refusal	-2	5	0.41%
don't know	-1	2	0.16%
yes	1	168	13.75%
no	2	1032	84.45%
	Total	1222	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	17	1.37%
yes	1	190	15.26%
no	2	1038	83.37%
	Total	1245	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	14	1.03%
don't know	-1	2	0.15%
yes	1	238	17.5%
no	2	1106	81.32%
	Total	1360	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	17	1.2%
don't know	-1	5	0.35%
yes	1	269	19.04%
no	2	1122	79.41%
	Total	1413	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	9	0.64%
don't know	-1	6	0.43%
yes	1	322	23.05%
no	2	1060	75.88%
	Total	1397	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	14	1.15%
yes	1	272	22.31%
no	2	933	76.54%
	Total	1219	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	11	0.86%
yes	1	266	20.8%
no	2	1002	78.34%
	Total	1279	100.0%

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