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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Physical activity past 7 days (Q49)

Data file: 2016LKA

Overview

Valid: 3241

Invalid: 21

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 8

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

The next 3 questions ask about physical activity. Physical activity is any activity that increases your heart rate and makes you breathe hard. Physical activity can be done in sports, playing with friends, or walking to school. Some examples of physical activity are running, fast walking, biking, dancing, football, and COUNTRY SPECIFIC EXAMPLES.

Literal question

During the past 7 days, on how many days were you physically active for a total of at least 60 minutes per day? ADD UP ALL THE TIME YOU SPENT IN ANY KIND OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY EACH DAY.

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	0 days	598	18.5%
2	1 day	539	16.6%
3	2 days	495	15.3%
4	3 days	443	13.7%
5	4 days	273	8.4%
6	5 days	326	10.1%
7	6 days	84	2.6%
8	7 days	483	14.9%
Sysmiss		21

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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