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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Walk or bike to school (Q50)

Data file: JMH2017_GSHS

Overview

Valid: 1643

Invalid: 24

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 8

Format: Numeric

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Question pretext

The next 3 questions ask about physical activity. Physical activity is any activity that increases your heart rate and makes you breathe hard. Physical activity can be done in sports, playing with friends, or walking to school. Some examples of physical activity are running, fast walking, biking, dancing, football, and COUNTRY SPECIFIC EXAMPLES.

Literal question

During the past 7 days, on how many days did you walk or ride a bicycle to or from school?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	0 days	1039	63.2%
2	1 day	77	4.7%
3	2 days	51	3.1%
4	3 days	49	3%
5	4 days	48	2.9%
6	5 days	110	6.7%
7	6 days	19	1.2%
8	7 days	250	15.2%
Sysmiss		24

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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