Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2008

Sri Lanka, 2008

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LKA_2008_GSHS_v01

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Ministry of Health

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Global School-based Student Health Survey

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Aug 09, 2018

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Days active 60 min plus past 7 days (Q45)

Data file: LKA2008_public_use

Overview

Valid: 2592

Invalid: 19

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 52

End: 52

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 8

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

The next 2 questions ask about physical activity. Physical activity is any activity that increases your heart rate and makes you get out of breath some of the time. Physical activity can be done in sports, playing with friends, or walking to school. Some examples of physical activity are running, fast walking, biking, dancing, football, and COUNTRY SPECIFIC EXAMPLES.

Literal question

During the past 7 days, on how many days were you physically active for a total of at least 60 minutes per day?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	0 days	466	18%
2	1 day	545	21%
3	2 days	408	15.7%
4	3 days	318	12.3%
5	4 days	189	7.3%
6	5 days	264	10.2%
7	6 days	36	1.4%
8	7 days	366	14.1%
Sysmiss		19

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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