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Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	1.1%
Not true	1	5	2.75%
Somewhat true	2	20	10.99%
Certainly true	3	155	85.16%
	Total	182	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Not true	1	1	0.76%
Somewhat true	2	18	13.74%
Certainly true	3	112	85.5%
	Total	131	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.71%
Not true	1	2	1.43%
Somewhat true	2	11	7.86%
Certainly true	3	126	90.0%
	Total	140	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	1.21%
Not true	1	5	3.03%
Somewhat true	2	11	6.67%
Certainly true	3	147	89.09%
	Total	165	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.58%
not true	1	3	1.75%
somewhat true	2	13	7.6%
certainly true	3	154	90.06%
	Total	171	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	1.38%
Not true	1	2	1.38%
Somewhat true	2	8	5.52%
Certainly true	3	133	91.72%
	Total	145	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
don't know	-1	1	0.45%
not true	1	5	2.24%
somewhat true	2	15	6.73%
certainly true	3	202	90.58%
	Total	223	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
don't know	-1	1	0.77%
not true	1	4	3.08%
somewhat true	2	4	3.08%
certainly true	3	121	93.08%
	Total	130	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
not true	1	3	1.17%
somewhat true	2	23	8.95%
certainly true	3	231	89.88%
	Total	257	100.0%

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