Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2017

Samoa, 2017

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Reference ID

WSM_2017_GSHS_v01

Producer(s)

Ministry of Health

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Global School-based Student Health Survey

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Aug 31, 2020

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Aug 31, 2020

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Tooth brushing (Q11)

Data file: WSH2017_GSHS_Data_Public_Use

Overview

Valid: 1932

Invalid: 23

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	15	0.8%
2	Less than 1 time per day	64	3.3%
3	1 time per day	222	11.5%
4	2 times per day	737	38.1%
5	3 times per day	542	28.1%
6	4 or more times per day	352	18.2%
Sysmiss		23

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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