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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Walk or bike to school (Q50)

Data file: MUBH2017_GSHS_Data_Public_Use

Overview

Valid: 2974

Invalid: 38

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 8

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

The next 3 questions ask about physical activity. Physical activity is any activity that increases your heart rate and makes you breathe hard. Physical activity can be done in sports, playing with friends, or walking to school. Some examples of physical activity are running, fast walking, biking, dancing, football, and COUNTRY SPECIFIC EXAMPLES.

Literal question

During the past 7 days, on how many days did you walk or ride a bicycle to or from school?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	0 days	1540	51.8%
2	1 day	218	7.3%
3	2 days	146	4.9%
4	3 days	120	4%
5	4 days	69	2.3%
6	5 days	262	8.8%
7	6 days	37	1.2%
8	7 days	582	19.6%
Sysmiss		38

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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