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youth

Index term

Young people Youth development School Homework

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	30	2.09%
inapplicable	-8	75	5.23%
Not mentioned	0	728	50.73%
Mentioned	1	602	41.95%
	Total	1435	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	19	1.08%
inapplicable	-8	99	5.61%
Not mentioned	0	966	54.7%
Mentioned	1	682	38.62%
	Total	1766	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	11	0.52%
inapplicable	-8	85	4.05%
Not mentioned	0	1284	61.14%
Mentioned	1	720	34.29%
	Total	2100	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	43	1.52%
inapplicable	-8	52	1.84%
Not mentioned	0	1766	62.6%
Mentioned	1	960	34.03%
	Total	2821	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	72	2.2%
inapplicable	-8	32	0.98%
Not mentioned	0	1853	56.63%
Mentioned	1	1315	40.19%
	Total	3272	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	45	1.3%
inapplicable	-8	75	2.17%
not mentioned	0	1843	53.25%
mentioned	1	1498	43.28%
	Total	3461	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	155	3.83%
not mentioned	0	2132	52.71%
mentioned	1	1758	43.46%
	Total	4045	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	172	3.43%
not mentioned	0	2724	54.28%
mentioned	1	2122	42.29%
	Total	5018	100.0%

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