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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Feb 25, 2020

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Source of alchohol (Q37)

Data file: MUBH2017_GSHS_Data_Public_Use

Overview

Valid: 2906

Invalid: 106

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 7

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

The next 6 questions ask about drinking alcohol. This includes drinking COUNTRY SPECIFIC EXAMPLES. Drinking alcohol does not include drinking a few sips of wine for religious purposes. A "drink" is a glass of wine, a bottle of beer, a small glass of liquor, or a mixed drink.

Literal question

During the past 30 days, how did you usually get the alcohol you drank? SELECT ONLY ONE RESPONSE.

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Did not drink in past 30 days	2148	73.9%
2	I bought in a store	99	3.4%
3	I gave someone money to buy	41	1.4%
4	I got it from my friends	142	4.9%
5	I got it from my family	376	12.9%
6	I stole it	35	1.2%
7	Some other way	65	2.2%
Sysmiss		106

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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