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Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2017

Mauritius, 2017
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MUS_2017_GSHS_v01
Producer(s)
Ministry of Health
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Global School-based Student Health Survey
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Sitting activities (Q52)

Data file: MUBH2017_GSHS_Data_Public_Use

Overview

Valid: 2953
Invalid: 59
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Width: 1
Range: 1 - 6
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext
The next question asks about the time you spend mostly sitting when you are not in school or doing homework.
Literal question
How much time do you spend during a typical or usual day sitting and watching television, playing computer games, talking with friends, or doing other sitting activities, such as COUNTRY SPECIFIC EXAMPLES?
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Less than 1 hour per day 817
27.7%
2 1 to 2 hours per day 948
32.1%
3 3 to 4 hours per day 607
20.6%
4 5 to 6 hours per day 229
7.8%
5 7 to 8 hours per day 96
3.3%
6 More than 8 hours per day 256
8.7%
Sysmiss 59
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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