Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2012

Uruguay, 2012

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URY_2012_GSHS_v01

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Adolescent Ministry of Health

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Global School-based Student Health Survey

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Wash hands before eating past 30 days (Q12)

Data file: URY2012_restofcountry_Public_Use

Overview

Valid: 1795

Invalid: 8

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 5

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 often did you wash your hands before eating?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Never	50	2.8%
2	Rarely	145	8.1%
3	Sometimes	328	18.3%
4	Most of the time	501	27.9%
5	Always	771	43%
Sysmiss		8

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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