Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2017

Mauritius, 2017

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Reference ID

MUS_2017_GSHS_v01

Producer(s)

Ministry of Health

Collections

Global School-based Student Health Survey

Metadata

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Feb 25, 2020

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Feb 25, 2020

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Tooth brushing (Q11)

Data file: MUBH2017_GSHS_Data_Public_Use

Overview

Valid: 3005

Invalid: 7

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 6

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 many times per day did you usually clean or brush your teeth?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Did not brush my teeth	23	0.8%
2	Less than 1 time per day	54	1.8%
3	1 time per day	760	25.3%
4	2 times per day	1746	58.1%
5	3 times per day	267	8.9%
6	4 or more times per day	155	5.2%
Sysmiss		7

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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