Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2018

Argentina, 2018

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ARG_2018_GSHS_v01

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Ministerio de Salud y Desarrollo Social de la Nación

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Global School-based Student Health Survey

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Initiation of alcohol use (q34)

Data file: National

Overview

Valid: 53338

Invalid: 3643

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Range: 1 - 8

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	12602	23.6%
2	7 years old or younger	2739	5.1%
3	8 or 9 years old	2745	5.1%
4	10 or 11 years old	5487	10.3%
5	12 or 13 years old	14612	27.4%
6	14 or 15 years old	13049	24.5%
7	16 or 17 years old	2088	3.9%
8	18 years old or older	16	0%
Sysmiss		3643

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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