Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2009

Antigua and Barbuda, 2009

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ATG_2009_GSHS_v01

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Ministry of Health

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Global School-based Student Health Survey

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Age first drink of alcohol (Q34)

Data file: ATG_Barbuda_2009_public_use

Overview

Valid: 74

Invalid: 6

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 38

End: 38

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 7

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

The next 6 questions ask about drinking alcohol. This includes drinking COUNTRY SPECIFIC EXAMPLES. Drinking alcohol does not include drinking a few sips of wine for religious purposes. A "drink" is a glass of wine, a bottle of beer, a small glass of liquor, or a mixed drink.

Literal question

How old were you when you had your first drink of alcohol other than a few sips?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Never drank alcohol	13	17.6%
2	7 years old or younger	9	12.2%
3	8 or 9 years old	4	5.4%
4	10 or 11 years old	8	10.8%
5	12 or 13 years old	27	36.5%
6	14 or 15 years old	13	17.6%
7	16 years old or older	0	0%
Sysmiss		6

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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