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Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2019

Philippines, 2019
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PHL_2019_GSHS_v01
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Department of Health
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Global School-based Student Health Survey
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Initiation of drug use (q40)

Data file: PHL2019 (Luzon)

Overview

Valid: 3231
Invalid: 289
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 2809
86.9%
2 7 years old or younger 210
6.5%
3 8 or 9 years old 95
2.9%
4 10 or 11 years old 55
1.7%
5 12 or 13 years old 38
1.2%
6 14 or 15 years old 19
0.6%
7 16 or 17 years old 2
0.1%
8 18 years old or older 3
0.1%
Sysmiss 289
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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