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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Walk or bike to school past 7 days (Q50)

Data file: 2012GHA_juniorhigh_Public_Use

Overview

Valid: 1620

Invalid: 28

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 8

Format: Numeric

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Question pretext

The next 3 questions ask about physical activity. Physical activity is any activity that increases your heart rate and makes you breathe hard. 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 did you walk or ride a bicycle to or from school?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	0 days	628	38.8%
2	1 day	206	12.7%
3	2 days	130	8%
4	3 days	101	6.2%
5	4 days	82	5.1%
6	5 days	181	11.2%
7	6 days	22	1.4%
8	7 days	270	16.7%
Sysmiss		28

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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