Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2015

Thailand, 2015

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THA_2015_GSHS_v01

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Ministry of Public Health

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Global School-based Student Health Survey

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Initiation of alcohol use (Q34)

Data file: THA2015_Public_Use_public

Overview

Valid: 2248

Invalid: 260

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 8

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

The next 6 questions ask about drinking alcohol. This includes drinking COUNTRY SPECIFIC EXAMPLES. Drinking alcohol does not include drinking a few sips of wine for religious purposes. A "drink" is a glass of wine, a bottle of beer, a small glass of liquor, or a mixed drink.

Literal question

How old were you when you had your first drink of alcohol other than a few sips?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Never drank alcohol	1235	54.9%
2	7 years old or younger	87	3.9%
3	8 or 9 years old	78	3.5%
4	10 or 11 years old	99	4.4%
5	12 or 13 years old	279	12.4%
6	14 or 15 years old	336	14.9%
7	16 or 17 years old	130	5.8%
8	18 years old or older	4	0.2%
Sysmiss		260

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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