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Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2011

Belize, 2011
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BLZ_2011_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 alcohol (Q34)

Data file: BLZ2011_Public_Use

Overview

Valid: 1928
Invalid: 184
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
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 926
48%
2 7 years old or younger 100
5.2%
3 8 or 9 years old 88
4.6%
4 10 or 11 years old 203
10.5%
5 12 or 13 years old 316
16.4%
6 14 or 15 years old 244
12.7%
7 16 years old or older 51
2.6%
Sysmiss 184
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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