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Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2014

Maldives, 2014
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MDV_2014_GSHS_v01
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Ministry of Education
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Global School-based Student Health Survey
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Initiation of drug use (Q40)

Data file: MDV2014_national_Public_Use

Overview

Valid: 3252
Invalid: 241
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 3022
92.9%
2 7 years old or younger 65
2%
3 8 or 9 years old 43
1.3%
4 10 or 11 years old 21
0.6%
5 12 or 13 years old 33
1%
6 14 or 15 years old 44
1.4%
7 16 or 17 years old 17
0.5%
8 18 years old or older 7
0.2%
Sysmiss 241
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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