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Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2010

Peru, 2010 - 2011
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PER_2010_GSHS_v01
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Ministry of Health, Ministry of Education, Pan American Health Organisation, World Health Organisation, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Global School-based Student Health Survey
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Age first drink of alcohol (Q34)

Data file: PER2010_Public_Use

Overview

Valid: 2514
Invalid: 368
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 39
End: 39
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 1242
49.4%
2 7 years old or younger 92
3.7%
3 8 or 9 years old 93
3.7%
4 10 or 11 years old 140
5.6%
5 12 or 13 years old 417
16.6%
6 14 or 15 years old 451
17.9%
7 16 years old or older 79
3.1%
Sysmiss 368
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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