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Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2017

Mauritius, 2017
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MUS_2017_GSHS_v01
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Ministry of Health
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Global School-based Student Health Survey
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Initiation of drug use (Q40)

Data file: MUBH2017_GSHS_Data_Public_Use

Overview

Valid: 2851
Invalid: 161
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 2569
90.1%
2 7 years old or younger 40
1.4%
3 8 or 9 years old 12
0.4%
4 10 or 11 years old 30
1.1%
5 12 or 13 years old 67
2.4%
6 14 or 15 years old 96
3.4%
7 16 or 17 years old 37
1.3%
8 18 years old or older 0
0%
Sysmiss 161
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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