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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Hand washing with soap (Q14)

Data file: MUBH2017_GSHS_Data_Public_Use

Overview

Valid: 2992

Invalid: 20

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 use soap when washing your hands?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Never	58	1.9%
2	Rarely	147	4.9%
3	Sometimes	360	12%
4	Most of the time	806	26.9%
5	Always	1621	54.2%
Sysmiss		20

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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