Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2009

Maldives, 2009

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MDV_2009_GSHS_v01

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Ministry of Education, Ministry of Health and Family

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Global School-based Student Health Survey

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Oct 09, 2018

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Wash hands before eating past 30 days (Q12)

Data file: MDV2009_Atolls_Public_Use

Overview

Valid: 1694

Invalid: 17

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 5

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

The next 4 questions ask about cleaning your teeth and washing your hands

Literal question

During the past 30 days, how often did you wash your hands before eating?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Never	56	3.3%
2	Rarely	78	4.6%
3	Sometimes	312	18.4%
4	Most of the time	329	19.4%
5	Always	919	54.3%
Sysmiss		17

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

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