Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2012

Ghana, 2012

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GHA_2012_GSHS_v01

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Middle Tennessee State University

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Age first alcohol (Q34)

Data file: 2012GHA_juniorhigh_Public_Use

Overview

Valid: 1338

Invalid: 310

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 8

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	922	68.9%
2	7 years old or younger	135	10.1%
3	8 or 9 years old	62	4.6%
4	10 or 11 years old	63	4.7%
5	12 or 13 years old	71	5.3%
6	14 or 15 years old	54	4%
7	16 or 17 years old	24	1.8%
8	18 years old or older	7	0.5%
Sysmiss		310

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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