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Age
The sample consisted of 1500 participants, 1495 of which reported their ages between 18 and 89, an age range of 71 years. Five participants did not report their age. The average age of the participants was 46.22, and the median age was 45. Ages that fell one standard deviation above and below the mean were between approximately 29.5 to 62.9. The most frequently occurring age was 40 (n=48) at 3.2% of participants. The least frequent age was 80, with 2 participants (n = 2) or .3%.
Race
Of 1500 participants, all of which reported their race, 1181 (n = 1181) or 78.7% of the participants were White, 216 (n = 216), or 14.4% were Black, and 103 (n = 103), or 6.9% reported races other than White or Black. Although Table 1 lists statistics for both variables, because race is qualitative, the statistics are not meaningful for this variable. The most frequently occurring race (n = 1181) was White at 78.7%, The least frequent race was races identified as other than White or Black at 6.9% or 103 participants ( n = 103).
Tables and Figures
Table 1 presents the statistics associated with both variables, age and race, which includes mean, median, mode, standard deviation, range, minimum, and maximum statistics for age and race. Table 2 reports the frequencies and percentages associated with race categories, and Table 3 reports the frequencies and percentages of age categories. Figure 1 is a pie chart representing the races of the participants. It lists Whites as 78.73% of the total number of participants, Blacks as 14.40% and Other Races as 6.87%. Table 4 presents frequencies and percentages related to race as presented in the pie chart in Figure 1.
Syntax and output files for the variables race and age:
FREQUENCIES VARIABLES=RACE AGE
/STATISTICS=STDDEV RANGE MINIMUM MAXIMUM MEAN MEDIAN MODE SUM
/ORDER=ANALYSIS.
Frequencies
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Missing Value Handling
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Definition of Missing
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User-defined missing values are treated as missing.
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Cases Used
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Statistics are based on all cases with valid data.
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FREQUENCIES VARIABLES=RACE AGE
/STATISTICS=STDDEV RANGE
MINIMUM MAXIMUM MEAN MEDIAN MODE SUM
/ORDER=ANALYSIS.
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Table
1.
Statistics
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RACE OF
RESPONDENT
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AGE OF
RESPONDENT
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N
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Valid
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1500
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1495
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Missing
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0
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5
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Mean
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1.28
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46.22
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Median
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1.00
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45.00
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Mode
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1
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40
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Std. Deviation
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.583
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16.679
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Range
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2
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71
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Minimum
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1
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18
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Maximum
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3
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89
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Sum
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1922
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69105
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Frequency Tables
Table 2.
RACE OF
RESPONDENT
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Frequency
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Percent
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Valid
Percent
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Cumulative
Percent
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Valid
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WHITE
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1181
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78.7
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78.7
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78.7
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BLACK
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216
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14.4
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14.4
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93.1
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OTHER
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103
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6.9
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6.9
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100.0
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Total
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1500
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100.0
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100.0
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Table
3.
AGE OF
RESPONDENT
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Frequency
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Percent
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Valid
Percent
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Cumulative
Percent
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Valid
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18
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12
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.8
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.8
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.8
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19
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19
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1.3
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1.3
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2.1
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20
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16
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1.1
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1.1
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3.1
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21
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14
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.9
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.9
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4.1
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22
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15
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1.0
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1.0
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5.1
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23
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28
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1.9
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1.9
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7.0
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24
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26
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1.7
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1.7
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8.7
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25
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35
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2.3
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2.3
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11.0
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26
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29
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1.9
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1.9
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13.0
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27
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27
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1.8
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1.8
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14.8
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28
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40
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2.7
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2.7
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17.5
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29
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21
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1.4
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1.4
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18.9
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30
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28
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1.9
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1.9
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20.7
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31
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25
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1.7
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1.7
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22.4
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32
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31
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2.1
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2.1
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24.5
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33
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29
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1.9
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1.9
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26.4
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34
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35
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2.3
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2.3
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28.8
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35
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28
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1.9
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1.9
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30.6
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36
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37
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2.5
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2.5
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33.1
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37
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18
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1.2
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1.2
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34.3
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38
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30
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2.0
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2.0
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36.3
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39
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23
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1.5
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1.5
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37.9
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40
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48
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3.2
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3.2
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41.1
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41
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27
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1.8
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1.8
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42.9
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42
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23
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1.5
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1.5
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44.4
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43
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34
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2.3
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2.3
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46.7
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44
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41
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2.7
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2.7
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49.4
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45
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31
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2.1
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2.1
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51.5
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46
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32
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2.1
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2.1
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53.6
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47
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36
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2.4
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2.4
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56.1
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48
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21
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1.4
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1.4
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57.5
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49
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29
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1.9
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1.9
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59.4
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50
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37
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2.5
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2.5
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61.9
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51
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32
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2.1
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2.1
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64.0
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52
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32
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2.1
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2.1
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66.2
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53
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20
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1.3
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1.3
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67.5
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54
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23
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1.5
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1.5
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69.0
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55
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29
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1.9
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1.9
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71.0
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56
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34
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2.3
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2.3
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73.2
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57
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28
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1.9
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1.9
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75.1
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58
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14
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.9
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.9
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76.1
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59
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25
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1.7
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1.7
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77.7
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60
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19
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1.3
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1.3
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79.0
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61
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23
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1.5
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1.5
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80.5
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62
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25
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1.7
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1.7
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82.2
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63
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20
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1.3
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1.3
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83.5
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64
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16
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1.1
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1.1
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84.6
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65
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22
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1.5
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1.5
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86.1
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66
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13
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.9
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.9
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87.0
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67
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22
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1.5
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1.5
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88.4
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68
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10
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.7
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.7
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89.1
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69
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8
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.5
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.5
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89.6
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70
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16
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1.1
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1.1
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90.7
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71
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10
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.7
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.7
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91.4
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72
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9
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.6
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.6
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92.0
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73
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8
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.5
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.5
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92.5
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74
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12
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.8
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.8
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93.3
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75
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13
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.9
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.9
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94.2
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76
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8
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.5
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.5
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94.7
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77
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6
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.4
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.4
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95.1
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78
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10
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.7
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.7
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95.8
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79
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11
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.7
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.7
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96.5
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80
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4
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.3
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.3
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96.8
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81
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7
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.5
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.5
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97.3
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82
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10
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.7
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97.9
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83
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7
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.5
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.5
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98.4
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84
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4
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.3
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.3
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98.7
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85
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4
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.3
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.3
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98.9
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86
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4
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.3
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.3
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99.2
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87
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3
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.2
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.2
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99.4
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88
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2
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.1
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.1
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99.5
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89
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7
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.5
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.5
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100.0
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Total
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1495
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99.7
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100.0
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Missing
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NA
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5
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.3
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Total
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1500
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100.0
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Syntax
and output files for the pie chart for race:
FREQUENCIES VARIABLES=RACE
/PIECHART PERCENT
/ORDER=ANALYSIS.
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Output Created
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Missing Value Handling
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Definition of Missing
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User-defined missing values are treated as missing.
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Cases Used
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Statistics are based on all cases with valid data.
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Syntax
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FREQUENCIES VARIABLES=RACE
/PIECHART PERCENT
/ORDER=ANALYSIS.
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RACE OF RESPONDENT
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N
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Valid
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1500
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Missing
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0
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Table
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RACE OF
RESPONDENT
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Frequency
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Percent
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Valid
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Cumulative
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Valid
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WHITE
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1181
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78.7
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78.7
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78.7
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BLACK
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216
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14.4
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14.4
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93.1
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OTHER
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103
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6.9
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6.9
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Total
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1500
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100.0
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Figure 1.
