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Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2016

Benin, 2016
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BEN_2016_GSHS_v01
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Ministry of Health
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Global School-based Student Health Survey
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Initiation of drug use (q40)

Data file: ben2016

Overview

Valid: 2013
Invalid: 523
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Width: 10
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 1937
96.2%
2 7 years old or younger 12
0.6%
3 8 or 9 years old 2
0.1%
4 10 or 11 years old 10
0.5%
5 12 or 13 years old 5
0.2%
6 14 or 15 years old 21
1%
7 16 or 17 years old 15
0.7%
8 18 years old or older 11
0.5%
Sysmiss 523
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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