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Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2017

Trinidad and Tobago, 2017
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TTO_2017_GSHS_v01
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Ministry of Health
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Global School-based Student Health Survey
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Tooth brushing (Q11)

Data file: TTO2017 National

Overview

Valid: 3836
Invalid: 33
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Width: 1
Range: 1 - 6
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext
The next 4 questions ask about cleaning your teeth and washing your hands.
Literal question
During the past 30 days, how many times per day did you usually clean or brush your teeth?
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Did not brush my teeth 81
2.1%
2 Less than 1 time per day 113
2.9%
3 1 time per day 622
16.2%
4 2 times per day 2097
54.7%
5 3 times per day 665
17.3%
6 4 or more times per day 258
6.7%
Sysmiss 33
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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