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Nervous in new situations. Easily lose confidence

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youth_ip

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3	1.65%
Not true	1	52	28.57%
Somewhat true	2	64	35.16%
Certainly true	3	63	34.62%
	Total	182	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Not true	1	36	27.48%
Somewhat true	2	52	39.69%
Certainly true	3	43	32.82%
	Total	131	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Not true	1	48	34.29%
Somewhat true	2	57	40.71%
Certainly true	3	35	25.0%
	Total	140	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.61%
Not true	1	50	30.3%
Somewhat true	2	65	39.39%
Certainly true	3	49	29.7%
	Total	165	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	1.17%
not true	1	55	32.16%
somewhat true	2	58	33.92%
certainly true	3	56	32.75%
	Total	171	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.69%
Not true	1	58	40.0%
Somewhat true	2	50	34.48%
Certainly true	3	36	24.83%
	Total	145	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
don't know	-1	1	0.45%
not true	1	92	41.26%
somewhat true	2	90	40.36%
certainly true	3	40	17.94%
	Total	223	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
don't know	-1	1	0.77%
not true	1	39	30.0%
somewhat true	2	56	43.08%
certainly true	3	34	26.15%
	Total	130	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.78%
not true	1	82	31.91%
somewhat true	2	106	41.25%
certainly true	3	67	26.07%
	Total	257	100.0%

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