Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2019

Mauritius, 2019

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MUS_2019_GSHS_v01

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Ministry of Health and Wellness

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Global School-based Student Health Survey

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Current alcohol use (q35)

Data file: MUS_Rodrigues_2019_GSHS

Overview

Valid: 2613

Invalid: 102

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Range: 1 - 7

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

During the past 30 days, on how many days did you have at least one drink containing alcohol?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	0 days	1719	65.8%
2	1 or 2 days	523	20%
3	3 to 5 days	179	6.9%
4	6 to 9 days	97	3.7%
5	10 to 19 days	53	2%
6	20 to 29 days	16	0.6%
7	All 30 days	26	1%
Sysmiss		102

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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