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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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Time spent sitting on usual day (Q52)

Data file: 2012GHA_seniorhigh_public_use

Overview

Valid: 1966
Invalid: 18
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Width: 1
Range: 1 - 6
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext
The next question asks about the time you spend mostly sitting when you are not in school or doing homework.
Literal question
How much time do you spend during a typical or usual day sitting and watching television, playing computer games, talking with friends, or doing other sitting activities, such as COUNTRY SPECIFIC EXAMPLES?
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Less than 1 hour per day 953
48.5%
2 1 to 2 hours per day 596
30.3%
3 3 to 4 hours per day 227
11.5%
4 5 to 6 hours per day 78
4%
5 7 to 8 hours per day 33
1.7%
6 More than 8 hours per day 79
4%
Sysmiss 18
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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