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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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Ministry of Health
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Global School-based Student Health Survey
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Age first drugs (Q40)

Data file: MUS2011_National_Public_Use

Overview

Valid: 2064
Invalid: 104
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Width: 1
Range: 1 - 7
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext
The next 4 questions ask about drug use. This includes using marijuana, amphetamines, cocaine, inhalants, and COUNTRY SPECIFIC EXAMPLES.
Literal question
How old were you when you first used drugs?
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 I have never used drugs 1954
94.7%
2 7 years old or younger 10
0.5%
3 8 or 9 years old 4
0.2%
4 10 or 11 years old 14
0.7%
5 12 or 13 years old 41
2%
6 14 or 15 years old 39
1.9%
7 16 years old or older 2
0.1%
Sysmiss 104
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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