Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2009

Suriname, 2009

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SUR_2009_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 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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