Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2017

Jamaica, 2017

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JAM_2017_GSHS_v01

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National Council on Drug Abuse

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Global School-based Student Health Survey

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Feb 13, 2020

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Source of alchohol (Q37)

Data file: JMH2017_GSHS

Overview

Valid: 1604

Invalid: 63

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 7

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

During the past 30 days, how did you usually get the alcohol you drank? SELECT ONLY ONE RESPONSE.

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Did not drink in past 30 days	838	52.2%
2	I bought in a store	222	13.8%
3	I gave someone money to buy	35	2.2%
4	I got it from my friends	161	10%
5	I got it from my family	187	11.7%
6	I stole it	35	2.2%
7	Some other way	126	7.9%
Sysmiss		63

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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