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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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How often went hungry (Q6)

Data file: JMH2017_GSHS

Overview

Valid: 1662
Invalid: 5
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Width: 1
Range: 1 - 5
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext
The next 3 questions ask about your height, weight, and going hungry.
Literal question
During the past 30 days, how often did you go hungry because there was not enough food in your home?
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Never 852
51.3%
2 Rarely 333
20%
3 Sometimes 365
22%
4 Most of the time 79
4.8%
5 Always 33
2%
Sysmiss 5
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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