Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2017

Mauritius, 2017

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Reference ID

MUS_2017_GSHS_v01

Producer(s)

Ministry of Health

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Global School-based Student Health Survey

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Feb 25, 2020

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Hand washing before eating (Q12)

Data file: MUBH2017_GSHS_Data_Public_Use

Overview

Valid: 2979

Invalid: 33

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 before eating?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Never	88	3%
2	Rarely	269	9%
3	Sometimes	491	16.5%
4	Most of the time	700	23.5%
5	Always	1431	48%
Sysmiss		33

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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