Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2005
Lebanon, 2005
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LBN_2005_GSHS_v01
Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2005
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Lebanon | LBN |
Global School-Based Student Health Survey
This is the first GSHS conducted by Lebanon.
The GSHS is a school-based survey which uses a self-administered questionnaire to obtain data on young people's health behaviour and protective factors related to the leading causes of morbidity and mortality among children and adults worldwide.
Sample survey data [ssd]
Individuals
Version
Public-use dataset
Scope
The following core modules were included in the survey:
alcohol use
dietary behaviours
drug use
hygiene
mental health
protective factors
violence and unintentional injury
| Topic | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Global School-based Student Health Survey (GSHS) | Survey |
Coverage
National coverage plus subnational coverage for Private Schools Only and Public Schools Only.
School-going adolescents aged 13-15 years.
Producers and sponsors
| Name |
|---|
| Ministry of Health |
| Name |
|---|
| World Health Organization |
| US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
Sampling
The Lebanon GSHS is a school-based survey of students aged 13-15 years. All schools containing seventh, eighth and ninth grade and that had 40 or more students were included in the sampling frame. A two-stage cluster sample design was used to produce a representative sample for Lebanon. This sample included 100 different schools (50 private and 50 public). Schools were selected with probability proportional to enrollment size; and classes were randomly selected. All students in the selected classes were eligible to participate.
National: A total of 5,115 students participated in the Lebanon GSHS.
Private: A total of 2,831 students participated in the Lebanon (Private) GSHS.
Public: A total of 2,284 students participated in the Lebanon (Public) GSHS.
National: The school response rate was 92%, the student response rate was 96%, and the overall response rate was 88%.
Private: The school response rate was 89%, the student response rate was 97%, and the overall response rate was 86%.
Public: The school response rate was 96%, the student response rate was 95%, and the overall response rate was 90%.
The weighting formula used is:
W=W1 W2 f1 f2 f3.
The list below shows what each variable in the formula represents.
W1 - The inverse of the probability of selecting each school
W2 - The inverse of the probability of selecting each classroom
f1 - A school-level non response adjustment factor
f2 - A student-level non response adjustment factor calculated by classroom
f3 - A post stratification adjustment factor calculated by sex within grade
Survey instrument
The following core modules were included in the survey:
alcohol use
dietary behaviours
drug use
hygiene
mental health
protective factors
violence and unintentional injury
Data collection
| Start | End |
|---|---|
| 2005-12 | 2005-12 |
The survey administrators included School Health Supervisors from the Ministry of Education as well as MPH level professionals who had previous experience with survey administration.
Survey coordinators of different countries were trained at a regional workshop to conduct the GSHS in order to ensure that the survey is following the same procedures in all countries. In Lebanon, approximately 10 Survey Administrators were specially trained by the survey coordinator to conduct the GSHS. The survey administrators included School Health Supervisors from the Ministry of Education as well as MPH level professionals who had previous experience with survey administration. Survey procedures were designed to protect student privacy by allowing for anonymous and voluntary participation. Students completed the selfadministered questionnaire during one classroom period and recorded their responses directly on a computer-scannable answer sheet. (Note: the scannable sheet was in an English left to right format whereas the survey was an Arabic right to left format. The GSHS team would recommend that the scannable sheets be adjusted for the next administration of the survey)
After survey implementation was complete, a meeting was held with survey administrators to gather their insight into the survey implementation process. These insights will be invaluable at the subsequent implementation of the GSHS in Lebanon.
Data processing
All data processing (scanning, cleaning, editing, and weighting) was conducted at the US Centers for Disease Control.
Data Access
The user undertakes:
(1) to acknowledge the data source.
(2) to share any planned publications with WHO prior to publication.
(3) to offer co-authorship of any reports or publications using the survey results to the coordinator of the survey.
(4) to use the data for non-commercial, not-for-profit public health purposes only.
Publications based on GSHS data should use the following acknowledgement:
"This paper uses data from the Global School-Based Student Health Survey (GSHS). GSHS is supported by the World Health Organization and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention."
Disclaimer and copyrights
The data is being distributed without warranty of any kind. The responsibility for the use of the data lies with the user. In no event shall the World Health Organization be liable for damages arising from its use.
Contacts
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| NCD Surveillance Team | World Health Organization | ncdmonitoring@who.int | http://www.who.int/ncds/surveillance/gshs/en/ |
Metadata production
DDI_LBN_2005_GSHS_v01_M
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Amber Abernethie | World Health Organization | Documentation of data |
| Melanie Cowan | World Health Organization | Supervision and review of metadata and documentation of study |
2018-06-25
Metadata version
Version 1.0 (June 2018).