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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Initiation of drug use (Q40)

Data file: WSH2017_GSHS_Data_Public_Use

Overview

Valid: 1797

Invalid: 158

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 8

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

The next 4 questions ask about drug use. This includes using marijuana, amphetamines, cocaine, inhalants, and COUNTRY SPECIFIC EXAMPLES.

Literal question

How old were you when you first used drugs?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	I have never used drugs	1614	89.8%
2	7 years old or younger	57	3.2%
3	8 or 9 years old	44	2.4%
4	10 or 11 years old	24	1.3%
5	12 or 13 years old	15	0.8%
6	14 or 15 years old	22	1.2%
7	16 or 17 years old	17	0.9%
8	18 years old or older	4	0.2%
Sysmiss		158

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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