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

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Mar 17, 2025

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Mar 17, 2025

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Tooth brushing (q11)

Data file: MUS_Rodrigues_2019_GSHS

Overview

Valid: 2705

Invalid: 10

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Range: 1 - 6

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 many times per day did you usually clean or brush your teeth?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Did not brush my teeth	38	1.4%
2	Less than 1 time per day	96	3.5%
3	1 time per day	845	31.2%
4	2 times per day	1235	45.7%
5	3 times per day	223	8.2%
6	4 or more times per day	268	9.9%
Sysmiss		10

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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