Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2016

Sri Lanka, 2016

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LKA_2016_GSHS_v01

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Epidemiology Unit, Colombo

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Global School-based Student Health Survey

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Hand washing after toilet (Q13)

Data file: 2016LKA

Overview

Valid: 3251

Invalid: 11

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 after using the toilet or latrine?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Never	28	0.9%
2	Rarely	58	1.8%
3	Sometimes	105	3.2%
4	Most of the time	263	8.1%
5	Always	2797	86%
Sysmiss		11

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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