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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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Days active 60 min plus past 7 days (Q49)

Data file: MUS2011_Rodrigues_Public_Use

Overview

Valid: 1118
Invalid: 18
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Width: 1
Range: 1 - 8
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext
The next 3 questions ask about physical activity. Physical activity is any activity that increases your heart rate and makes you breathe hard. Physical activity can be done in sports, playing with friends, or walking to school. Some examples of physical activity are running, fast walking, biking, dancing, football, and COUNTRY SPECIFIC EXAMPLES.
Literal question
During the past 7 days, on how many days were you physically active for a total of at least 60 minutes per day? ADD UP ALL THE TIME YOU SPENT IN ANY KIND OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY EACH DAY.
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 0 days 299
26.7%
2 1 day 180
16.1%
3 2 days 130
11.6%
4 3 days 138
12.3%
5 4 days 71
6.4%
6 5 days 69
6.2%
7 6 days 19
1.7%
8 7 days 212
19%
Sysmiss 18
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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