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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Days went to PE each week (Q51)

Data file: 2012GHA_juniorhigh_Public_Use

Overview

Valid: 1595

Invalid: 53

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 6

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 this school year, on how many days did you go to physical education (PE) class each week?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	0 days	463	29%
2	1 day	412	25.8%
3	2 days	217	13.6%
4	3 days	123	7.7%
5	4 days	87	5.5%
6	5 or more days	293	18.4%
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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