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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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Ever marijuana use (Q41)

Data file: MUBH2017_GSHS_Data_Public_Use

Overview

Valid: 2867
Invalid: 145
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Width: 1
Range: 1 - 5
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
During your life, how many times have you used marijuana (also called COUNTRY SPECIFIC SLANG TERMS FOR MARIJUANA)?
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 0 times 2638
92%
2 1 or 2 times 65
2.3%
3 3 to 9 times 55
1.9%
4 10 to 19 times 31
1.1%
5 20 or more times 78
2.7%
Sysmiss 145
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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