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Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2009

Costa Rica, 2009
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CRI_2009_GSHS_v01
Producer(s)
Ministry of Health
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Global School-based Student Health Survey
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Age first drugs (Q40)

Data file: CRI2009_Public_Use

Overview

Valid: 2673
Invalid: 6
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 45
End: 45
Width: 1
Range: 1 - 7
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 2400
89.8%
2 7 years old or younger 21
0.8%
3 8 or 9 years old 16
0.6%
4 10 or 11 years old 25
0.9%
5 12 or 13 years old 94
3.5%
6 14 or 15 years old 84
3.1%
7 16 years old or older 33
1.2%
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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