Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2017

Jamaica, 2017

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Reference ID

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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Miss school no permission (Q53)

Data file: JMH2017_GSHS

Overview

Valid: 1629

Invalid: 38

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 5

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

The next 6 questions ask about your experiences at school and at home.

Literal question

During the past 30 days, on how many days did you miss classes or school without permission?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	0 days	1192	73.2%
2	1 or 2 days	254	15.6%
3	3 to 5 days	93	5.7%
4	6 to 9 days	48	2.9%
5	10 or more days	42	2.6%
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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