Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2017

Jamaica, 2017

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Reference ID

JAM_2017_GSHS_v01

Producer(s)

National Council on Drug Abuse

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Global School-based Student Health Survey

Metadata

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Feb 13, 2020

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Feb 13, 2020

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Missed classes or school without permission (QN53)

Data file: JMH2017_GSHS

Overview

Valid: 1629

Invalid: 38

Mean: 1.732

Standard deviation: 0.443

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 2

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Percentage of students who missed classes or school without permission (on one or more days during the 30 days before the survey)

Categories

Value	Cases
1	437	26.8%
2	1192	73.2%
Sysmiss	38

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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