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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Used a method of birth control (qnbcanyg)

Data file: JMH2017_GSHS

Overview

Valid: 551

Invalid: 1116

Mean: 1.214

Standard deviation: 0.411

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 2

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Percentage of students who used a method of birth control (such as condoms, withdrawal, rhythm, or birth control pills to prevent pregnancy, during last sexual intercourse, among students who ever had sexual intercourse)

Categories

Value	Cases
1	433	78.6%
2	118	21.4%
Sysmiss	1116

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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