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Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2015

Wallis and Futuna, 2015
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WLF_2015_GSHS_v01
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Wallis and Futuna Health Agency, World Health Organisation, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Global School-based Student Health Survey
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Initiation of alcohol use (Q34)

Data file: WLF2015_Public_Use

Overview

Valid: 1006
Invalid: 111
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 388
38.6%
2 7 years old or younger 47
4.7%
3 8 or 9 years old 52
5.2%
4 10 or 11 years old 97
9.6%
5 12 or 13 years old 192
19.1%
6 14 or 15 years old 152
15.1%
7 16 or 17 years old 74
7.4%
8 18 years old or older 4
0.4%
Sysmiss 111
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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