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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Times drunk during life (Q38)

Data file: 2012GHA_juniorhigh_Public_Use

Overview

Valid: 1550

Invalid: 98

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 4

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.

Staggering when walking, not being able to speak right, and throwing up are some signs of being really drunk.

Literal question

During your life, how many times did you drink so much alcohol that you were really drunk?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	0 times	1398	90.2%
2	1 or 2 times	95	6.1%
3	3 to 9 times	31	2%
4	10 or more times	26	1.7%
Sysmiss		98

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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