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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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Global School-based Student Health Survey
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Initiation of alcohol use (q34)

Data file: PHL2019 (Visayas)

Overview

Valid: 2684
Invalid: 465
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 1295
48.2%
2 7 years old or younger 186
6.9%
3 8 or 9 years old 118
4.4%
4 10 or 11 years old 175
6.5%
5 12 or 13 years old 383
14.3%
6 14 or 15 years old 411
15.3%
7 16 or 17 years old 106
3.9%
8 18 years old or older 10
0.4%
Sysmiss 465
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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