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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Walk or bike to school past 7 days (Q50)

Data file: URY2012_restofcountry_Public_Use

Overview

Valid: 1773

Invalid: 30

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	397	22.4%
2	1 day	94	5.3%
3	2 days	87	4.9%
4	3 days	61	3.4%
5	4 days	42	2.4%
6	5 days	144	8.1%
7	6 days	225	12.7%
8	7 days	723	40.8%
Sysmiss		30

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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