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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Initiation of drug use (Q40)

Data file: 2016LKA

Overview

Valid: 3203

Invalid: 59

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 8

Format: Numeric

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Question pretext

The next 4 questions ask about drug use. This includes using marijuana, amphetamines, cocaine, inhalants, and COUNTRY SPECIFIC EXAMPLES.

Literal question

How old were you when you first used drugs?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	I have never used drugs	3032	94.7%
2	7 years old or younger	36	1.1%
3	8 or 9 years old	31	1%
4	10 or 11 years old	18	0.6%
5	12 or 13 years old	21	0.7%
6	14 or 15 years old	48	1.5%
7	16 or 17 years old	16	0.5%
8	18 years old or older	1	0%
Sysmiss		59

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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