Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2019

Mauritius, 2019

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Reference ID

MUS_2019_GSHS_v01

Producer(s)

Ministry of Health and Wellness

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Global School-based Student Health Survey

Metadata

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Mar 17, 2025

Last modified

Mar 17, 2025

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Were overweight (qnowtg)

Data file: MUS_Rodrigues_2019_GSHS

Overview

Valid: 2678

Invalid: 37

Mean: 1.74

Standard deviation: 0.438

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Range: 1 - 2

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Percentage of students who were overweight (>+1SD from median for BMI by age and sex)

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Yes	695	26%
2	No	1983	74%
Sysmiss		37

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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