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 after toilet (q13)

Data file: MUS_Rodrigues_2019_GSHS

Overview

Valid: 2678

Invalid: 37

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 after using the toilet or latrine?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Never	90	3.4%
2	Rarely	189	7.1%
3	Sometimes	262	9.8%
4	Most of the time	488	18.2%
5	Always	1649	61.6%
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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