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Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2011

Mauritius, 2011
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MUS_2011_GSHS_v01
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Global School-based Student Health Survey
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Number of drinks past 30 days (Q36)

Data file: MUS2011_Rodrigues_Public_Use

Overview

Valid: 1128
Invalid: 8
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
During the past 30 days, on the days you drank alcohol, how many drinks did you usually drink per day?
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Did not drink in past 30 days 817
72.4%
2 Less than one drink 168
14.9%
3 1 drink 70
6.2%
4 2 drinks 27
2.4%
5 3 drinks 18
1.6%
6 4 drinks 6
0.5%
7 5 or more drinks 22
2%
Sysmiss 8
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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