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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Number of drinks past 30 days (Q36)

Data file: 2012GHA_juniorhigh_Public_Use

Overview

Valid: 1595

Invalid: 53

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

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

During the past 30 days, on the days you drank alcohol, how many drinks did you usually drink per day?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Did not drink in past 30 days	1298	81.4%
2	Less than one drink	144	9%
3	1 drink	80	5%
4	2 drinks	34	2.1%
5	3 drinks	20	1.3%
6	4 drinks	9	0.6%
7	5 or more drinks	10	0.6%
Sysmiss		53

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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