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 drug use (q40)

Data file: National

Overview

Valid: 54225

Invalid: 2756

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

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	45978	84.8%
2	7 years old or younger	425	0.8%
3	8 or 9 years old	324	0.6%
4	10 or 11 years old	442	0.8%
5	12 or 13 years old	1963	3.6%
6	14 or 15 years old	3650	6.7%
7	16 or 17 years old	1436	2.6%
8	18 years old or older	7	0%
Sysmiss		2756

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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