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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Trouble from drinking (Q39)

Data file: JMH2017_GSHS

Overview

Valid: 1592

Invalid: 75

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 4

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 your life, how many times have you got into trouble with your family or friends, missed school, or got into fights, as a result of drinking alcohol?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	0 times	1419	89.1%
2	1 or 2 times	101	6.3%
3	3 to 9 times	34	2.1%
4	10 or more times	38	2.4%
Sysmiss		75

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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