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Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2015

Philippines, 2015
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PHL_2015_GSHS_v01
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Global School-based Student Health Survey
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Initiation of drug use (Q40)

Data file: PHL2015-Visayas

Overview

Valid: 2966
Invalid: 108
Minimum: 1
Maximum: 8
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Width: 1
Range: 1 - 8
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

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 2733
92.1%
2 7 years old or younger 84
2.8%
3 8 or 9 years old 32
1.1%
4 10 or 11 years old 16
0.5%
5 12 or 13 years old 28
0.9%
6 14 or 15 years old 37
1.2%
7 16 or 17 years old 31
1%
8 18 years old or older 5
0.2%
Sysmiss 108
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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