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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Hand washing before eating (q12)

Data file: MUS_Rodrigues_2019_GSHS

Overview

Valid: 2698

Invalid: 17

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Range: 1 - 5

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 often did you wash your hands before eating?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Never	290	10.7%
2	Rarely	647	24%
3	Sometimes	668	24.8%
4	Most of the time	460	17%
5	Always	633	23.5%
Sysmiss		17

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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