Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2011

Mauritius, 2011

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MUS_2011_GSHS_v01

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Ministry of Health

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Age first drink alcohol (Q34)

Data file: MUS2011_Rodrigues_Public_Use

Overview

Valid: 1021

Invalid: 115

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 7

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

The next 6 questions ask about drinking alcohol. This includes drinking COUNTRY SPECIFIC EXAMPLES. Drinking alcohol does not include drinking a few sips of wine for religious purposes. A "drink" is a glass of wine, a bottle of beer, a small glass of liquor, or a mixed drink.

Literal question

How old were you when you had your first drink of alcohol other than a few sips?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Never drank alcohol	448	43.9%
2	7 years old or younger	54	5.3%
3	8 or 9 years old	50	4.9%
4	10 or 11 years old	121	11.9%
5	12 or 13 years old	188	18.4%
6	14 or 15 years old	152	14.9%
7	16 years old or older	8	0.8%
Sysmiss		115

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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