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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Global School-based Student Health Survey

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Age first drugs (Q40)

Data file: 2012GHA_juniorhigh_Public_Use

Overview

Valid: 1408

Invalid: 240

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 8

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

The next 4 questions ask about drug use. This includes using marijuana, amphetamines, cocaine, inhalants, and COUNTRY SPECIFIC EXAMPLES

Literal question

How old were you when you first used drugs?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	I have never used drugs	1107	78.6%
2	7 years old or younger	141	10%
3	8 or 9 years old	44	3.1%
4	10 or 11 years old	40	2.8%
5	12 or 13 years old	38	2.7%
6	14 or 15 years old	25	1.8%
7	16 or 17 years old	9	0.6%
8	18 years old or older	4	0.3%
Sysmiss		240

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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