Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2018

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, 2018

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VCT_2018_GSHS_v01

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Ministry of Health, Wellness and Environment

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Initiation of drug use (q40)

Data file: VCHq

Overview

Valid: 1674

Invalid: 203

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	1153	68.9%
2	7 years old or younger	73	4.4%
3	8 or 9 years old	58	3.5%
4	10 or 11 years old	73	4.4%
5	12 or 13 years old	117	7%
6	14 or 15 years old	146	8.7%
7	16 or 17 years old	51	3%
8	18 years old or older	3	0.2%
Sysmiss		203

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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