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Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2009

Suriname, 2009
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SUR_2009_GSHS_v01
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Age first drink of alcohol (Q34)

Data file: SUR2009_Public_Use

Overview

Valid: 1415
Invalid: 283
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 551
38.9%
2 7 years old or younger 80
5.7%
3 8 or 9 years old 84
5.9%
4 10 or 11 years old 117
8.3%
5 12 or 13 years old 229
16.2%
6 14 or 15 years old 237
16.7%
7 16 years old or older 117
8.3%
Sysmiss 283
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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