Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2016

United Arab Emirates, 2016

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ARE_2016_GSHS_v01

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Ministry of Health

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Global School-based Student Health Survey

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Hand washing before eating (Q12)

Data file: ARE2016 (National)

Overview

Valid: 5795

Invalid: 54

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 5

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

The next 4 questions ask about cleaning your teeth and washing your hands.

Literal question

During the past 30 days, how often did you wash your hands before eating?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Never	157	2.7%
2	Rarely	345	6%
3	Sometimes	717	12.4%
4	Most of the time	1320	22.8%
5	Always	3256	56.2%
Sysmiss		54

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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