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yposclas1

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youth

Index term

Young people Youth development Out-of-school learning

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	34	2.09%
Not mentioned	0	1271	78.31%
Mentioned	1	318	19.59%
	Total	1623	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	38	2.29%
Not mentioned	0	1305	78.47%
Mentioned	1	320	19.24%
	Total	1663	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	70	2.79%
Not mentioned	0	1982	79.09%
Mentioned	1	454	18.12%
	Total	2506	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	101	3.09%
Not mentioned	0	2567	78.45%
Mentioned	1	604	18.46%
	Total	3272	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	122	3.52%
not mentioned	0	2677	77.35%
mentioned	1	662	19.13%
	Total	3461	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	280	6.92%
not mentioned	0	3104	76.74%
mentioned	1	661	16.34%
	Total	4045	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	202	4.03%
not mentioned	0	3942	78.56%
mentioned	1	874	17.42%
	Total	5018	100.0%

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