Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2018

Saint Lucia, 2018

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Reference ID

LCA_2018_GSHS_v01

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Ministry of Health and Wellness

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Global School-based Student Health Survey

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Hand washing before eating (Q12)

Data file: LCH2018_GSHS_Data_Public_Use

Overview

Valid: 1943

Invalid: 27

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 5

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

The next 4 questions ask about cleaning your teeth and washing your hands.

Literal question

During the past 30 days, how often did you wash your hands before eating?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Never	99	5.1%
2	Rarely	267	13.7%
3	Sometimes	626	32.2%
4	Most of the time	536	27.6%
5	Always	415	21.4%
Sysmiss		27

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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