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Taxpayers' attitudes toward tax compliance in the Slovenian tax system: differences according to gender, income level and size of settlement
Lidija Hauptman 
Lidija Hauptman
Affiliation: Department of Accounting and Auditing, University of Maribor, Faculty of Economics and Business, Maribor, Slovenia
 0009-0005-2282-7804
Correspondence
lidija.hauptman@um.si
Berislav Žmuk
Berislav Žmuk
Affiliation: Department of Statistics, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Economics and Business, Zagreb, Croatia
0000-0003-3487-1376
Ivana Pavić
Ivana Pavić
Affiliation: Department of Accounting, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Economics and Business, Zagreb, Croatia
0000-0002-1597-3652
Article | Year: 2024 | Pages: 177 - 201 | Volume: 48 | Issue: 2 Received: September 29, 2023 | Accepted: February 16, 2024 | Published online: June 10, 2024
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Code
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Questionnaire variables
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Theoretical dimension
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TC
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I feel a moral obligation to pay my
taxes.
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Tax compliance
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EF1
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To my knowledge, I can deduct all
personal expenses in calculating my tax liability.
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Knowledge of paying taxes
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EF2
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Taxpayers cannot object or make appeal
against Tax Authority assessments.
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Knowledge of the tax system
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EF3
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If tax rates are too high tax evasion is morally
acceptable.
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Tax evasion attitude
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EF4
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I pay taxes because the risk of being
audited is too high.
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Probability of audit
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EF5
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Serious enforcement and penalty by the
FURS may result if I do not comply.
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Probability of punishment
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PF1
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I would feel guilty-bad if I did not pay
my full share of taxes.
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Feeling bad if evade
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PF2
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Working for cash-in-hand payment without
paying tax is a trivial offence.
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Disapprove of shadow purchases
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PF3
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Paying taxes is one of the basic duties
of citizenship.
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Important obligation
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PF4
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Not paying taxes is one of the worst
crimes a person can commit because it harms the whole community.
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Disapprove of shadow work
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PF5
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Tax Authority in Slovenia can be trusted
to administer the tax system fairly.
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Trust in the government /Tax Authority
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PF6
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It is fair that individuals who
deliberately evade their taxes should be penalized with the same amount of
penalty regardless of the amount of tax evaded.
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Fairness of punishment
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PF7
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The government ensures services,
facilities, and infrastructure for which I am very thankful.
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Satisfaction with public services
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PF8
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I personally believe that the tax system
in Slovenia is fair.
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Fairness of the tax system
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PF9
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I would pay taxes even if there were no
tax audits.
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General tax compliance
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PF10
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People in my environment would strongly
disapprove if I did not meet my tax obligations.
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Normative expectations
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PF11
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My relatives do not comply, and they have
never been penalized.
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Empirical expectations
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Variable
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Categories
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No. of respondents
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Share of respondents, %
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Gender
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Male
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187
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48
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Female
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203
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52
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Gross
income
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Low income
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47
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12
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Medium
income
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196
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50
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High
income
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67
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17
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I prefer
not to answer
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80
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21
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Settlement
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Urban
settlement
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157
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40
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Rural
settlement
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233
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60
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Code
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Responses
(%)
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Mean
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St. dev.
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Min.
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Median
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Max.
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Skewness
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1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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TC
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2
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7
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22
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27
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42
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4.00
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1.06
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1
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4
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5
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-0.82
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EF1
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21
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18
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41
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13
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7
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2.65
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1.15
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1
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3
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5
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0.12
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EF2
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25
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26
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27
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16
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6
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2.53
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1.21
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1
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2
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5
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0.33
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EF3
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31
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26
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24
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13
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5
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2.34
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1.19
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1
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2
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5
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0.50
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EF4
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8
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8
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24
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23
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37
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3.74
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1.26
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1
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4
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5
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-0.69
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EF5
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22
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41
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28
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8
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2
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2.26
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0.94
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1
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2
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5
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0.48
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PF1
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4
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8
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29
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24
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35
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3.79
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1.12
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1
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4
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5
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-0.57
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PF2
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20
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21
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31
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20
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7
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2.74
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1.20
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1
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3
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5
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0.07
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PF3
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10
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23
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43
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16
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8
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2.90
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1.06
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1
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3
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5
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0.11
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PF4
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10
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20
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28
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28
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14
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3.15
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1.19
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1
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3
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5
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-0.16
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PF5
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9
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17
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45
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24
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5
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3.01
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0.98
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1
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3
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5
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-0.24
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PF6
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27
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15
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26
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17
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14
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2.76
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1.39
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1
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3
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5
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0.14
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PF7
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9
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40
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37
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10
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4
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2.60
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0.92
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1
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3
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5
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0.49
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PF8
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12
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36
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32
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15
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5
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2.64
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1.02
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1
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3
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5
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0.36
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PF9
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9
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12
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28
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25
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26
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3.46
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1.24
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1
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4
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5
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-0.39
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PF10
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7
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12
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43
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24
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14
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3.27
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1.06
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1
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3
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5
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-0.18
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PF11
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2
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9
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22
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27
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39
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3.92
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1.08
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1
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4
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5
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-0.69
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Variable
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TC
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EF1
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EF2
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EF3
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EF4
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EF5
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PF1
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PF2
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PF3
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PF4
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PF5
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PF6
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PF7
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PF8
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PF9
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PF10
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EF1
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-0.05
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EF2
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-0.10
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0.34
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EF3
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-0.29
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0.11
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0.18
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EF4
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0.16
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0.09
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0.10
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-0.14
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EF5
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-0.17
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0.11
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0.10
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0.10
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-0.27
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PF1
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0.72
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-0.04
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-0.08
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-0.29
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0.32
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-0.21
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PF2
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-0.18
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0.34
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0.25
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0.16
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0.15
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0.04
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-0.26
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PF3
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0.30
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0.02
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-0.05
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-0.17
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0.16
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0.01
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0.41
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-0.12
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PF4
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0.33
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-0.09
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-0.10
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-0.28
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0.00
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-0.12
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0.38
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-0.19
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0.52
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PF5
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0.18
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0.14
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0.00
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-0.15
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-0.06
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-0.02
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0.06
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-0.01
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0.09
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0.10
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PF6
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-0.11
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0.41
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0.29
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0.09
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0.13
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0.08
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-0.09
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0.21
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-0.05
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-0.01
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0.06
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PF7
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-0.11
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-0.07
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0.16
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0.08
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0.09
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0.10
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-0.05
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0.04
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0.04
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-0.10
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-0.32
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0.07
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PF8
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0.15
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0.01
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-0.18
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-.013
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0.00
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-0.03
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0.16
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-0.12
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0.06
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0.13
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0.30
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0.08
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-0.22
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PF9
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0.68
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-0.04
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-0.09
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-0.34
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0.04
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0.04
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0.59
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-0.19
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0.34
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0.30
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0.20
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-0.09
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-0.07
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0.13
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PF10
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0.34
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0.07
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0.12
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-0.10
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0.13
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-0.13
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0.25
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0.06
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0.12
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0.13
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0.25
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0.16
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-0.13
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0.04
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0.37
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PF11
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0.18
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-0.33
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-0.27
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-0.23
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0.10
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-0.31
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0.21
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-0.24
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-0.03
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-0.04
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-0.07
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-0.23
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0.02
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0.13
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0.11
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-0.07
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sf Note: Polychoric correlation values higher than 0.50 are in bold.
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Code
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Number of
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Number of
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Sample size
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Emp.
Chi-square
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p-value
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H0
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disagreements
|
agreements
|
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Male
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Female
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Male
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Female
|
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|
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TC
|
21
|
14
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116
|
154
|
305
|
3.63
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0.0566
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Not rejected
|
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EF1
|
68
|
87
|
39
|
37
|
231
|
1.14
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0.2863
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Not rejected
|
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EF2
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91
|
107
|
48
|
38
|
284
|
2.33
|
0.1269
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Not rejected
|
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EF3
|
100
|
125
|
38
|
32
|
295
|
2.08
|
0.1495
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Not rejected
|
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EF4
|
32
|
31
|
113
|
121
|
297
|
0.12
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0.7242
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Not rejected
|
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EF5
|
114
|
131
|
19
|
17
|
281
|
0.49
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0.4833
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Not rejected
|
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PF1
|
29
|
17
|
100
|
132
|
278
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6.14
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0.0132
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Rejected
|
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PF2
|
67
|
93
|
60
|
48
|
268
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4.84
|
0.0278
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Rejected
|
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PF3
|
61
|
67
|
41
|
55
|
224
|
0.54
|
0.4618
|
Not rejected
|
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PF4
|
61
|
57
|
71
|
91
|
280
|
1.70
|
0.1928
|
Not rejected
|
|
PF5
|
49
|
50
|
55
|
60
|
214
|
0.06
|
0.8076
|
Not rejected
|
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PF6
|
88
|
78
|
58
|
65
|
289
|
0.97
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0.3247
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Not rejected
|
|
PF7
|
92
|
98
|
28
|
26
|
244
|
0.20
|
0.6563
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Not rejected
|
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PF8
|
96
|
93
|
37
|
39
|
265
|
0.10
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0.7561
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Not rejected
|
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PF9
|
45
|
38
|
86
|
110
|
279
|
2.50
|
0.1137
|
Not rejected
|
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PF10
|
38
|
34
|
64
|
85
|
221
|
1.89
|
0.1697
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Not rejected
|
|
PF11
|
25
|
20
|
119
|
141
|
305
|
1.47
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0.2247
|
Not rejected
|
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Code
|
No. of
disagreements
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No. of
agreements
|
Sample
size
|
Emp.
Chi-square
|
p-value
|
H0
|
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Low
income
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Medium
income
|
High
income
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Low
income
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Medium
income
|
High
income
|
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TC
|
5
|
15
|
8
|
32
|
131
|
50
|
241
|
0.65
|
0.7213
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Not rejected
|
|
EF1
|
12
|
75
|
31
|
10
|
28
|
18
|
174
|
3.42
|
0.1809
|
Not rejected
|
|
EF2
|
31
|
99
|
38
|
8
|
38
|
15
|
229
|
0.91
|
0.6349
|
Not rejected
|
|
EF3
|
24
|
116
|
39
|
16
|
31
|
12
|
238
|
6.09
|
0.0477
|
Rejected
|
|
EF4
|
4
|
33
|
14
|
31
|
122
|
34
|
238
|
3.79
|
0.1505
|
Not rejected
|
|
EF5
|
26
|
130
|
36
|
6
|
12
|
8
|
218
|
4.69
|
0.0958
|
Not rejected
|
|
PF1
|
6
|
19
|
10
|
30
|
118
|
39
|
222
|
1.19
|
0.5520
|
Not rejected
|
|
PF2
|
21
|
79
|
33
|
15
|
59
|
13
|
220
|
3.11
|
0.2110
|
Not rejected
|
|
PF3
|
15
|
63
|
21
|
19
|
44
|
12
|
174
|
3.05
|
0.2180
|
Not rejected
|
|
PF4
|
19
|
55
|
20
|
20
|
77
|
30
|
221
|
0.78
|
0.6763
|
Not rejected
|
|
PF5
|
18
|
44
|
18
|
11
|
59
|
20
|
170
|
3.40
|
0.1824
|
Not rejected
|
|
PF6
|
22
|
73
|
37
|
14
|
66
|
16
|
228
|
4.89
|
0.0868
|
Not rejected
|
|
PF7
|
20
|
89
|
43
|
9
|
21
|
9
|
191
|
2.44
|
0.2952
|
Not rejected
|
|
PF8
|
21
|
91
|
31
|
9
|
35
|
20
|
207
|
2.24
|
0.3267
|
Not rejected
|
|
PF9
|
14
|
46
|
10
|
17
|
91
|
41
|
219
|
6.23
|
0.0444
|
Rejected
|
|
PF10
|
14
|
33
|
12
|
13
|
65
|
32
|
169
|
4.61
|
0.1000
|
Not rejected
|
|
PF11
|
3
|
21
|
9
|
33
|
134
|
46
|
246
|
1.21
|
0.5449
|
Not rejected
|
|
Code
|
Number of
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Number of
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Sample
size
|
Emp.
Chi-square
|
p-value
|
H0
|
|
disagreements
|
agreements
|
|
|
Urban
|
Rural
|
Urban
|
Rural
|
|
|
|
|
|
TC
|
21
|
14
|
101
|
169
|
305
|
6.59
|
0.0103
|
Rejected
|
|
EF1
|
60
|
95
|
33
|
43
|
231
|
0.47
|
0.4927
|
Not rejected
|
|
EF2
|
79
|
119
|
40
|
46
|
284
|
1.08
|
0.2994
|
Not rejected
|
|
EF3
|
88
|
137
|
35
|
35
|
295
|
2.60
|
0.1066
|
Not rejected
|
|
EF4
|
28
|
35
|
92
|
142
|
297
|
0.54
|
0.4616
|
Not rejected
|
|
EF5
|
89
|
156
|
15
|
21
|
281
|
0.38
|
0.5355
|
Not rejected
|
|
PF1
|
23
|
23
|
89
|
143
|
278
|
2.16
|
0.1415
|
Not rejected
|
|
PF2
|
69
|
91
|
41
|
67
|
268
|
0.71
|
0.3994
|
Not rejected
|
|
PF3
|
49
|
79
|
35
|
61
|
224
|
0.08
|
0.7803
|
Not rejected
|
|
PF4
|
46
|
72
|
68
|
94
|
280
|
0.25
|
0.6148
|
HNot rejected
|
|
PF5
|
40
|
59
|
48
|
67
|
214
|
0.04
|
0.8431
|
Not rejected
|
|
PF6
|
55
|
111
|
66
|
57
|
289
|
12.23
|
0.0004
|
Rejected
|
|
PF7
|
77
|
113
|
26
|
28
|
244
|
1.00
|
0.3170
|
Not rejected
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PF8
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68
|
121
|
36
|
40
|
265
|
2.95
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0.0859
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Not rejected
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PF9
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37
|
46
|
84
|
112
|
279
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0.07
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0.7909
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Not rejected
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PF10
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36
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36
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65
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84
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221
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0.80
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0.3725
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Not rejected
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PF11
|
21
|
24
|
101
|
159
|
305
|
0.98
|
0.3228
|
Not rejected
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