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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Drank 2+ drinks (q36)

Data file: MUS_Rodrigues_2019_GSHS

Overview

Valid: 2688

Invalid: 27

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 the days you drank alcohol, how many drinks did you usually drink per day?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Did not drink in past 30 days	1765	65.7%
2	Less than one drink	409	15.2%
3	1 drink	219	8.1%
4	2 drinks	117	4.4%
5	3 drinks	75	2.8%
6	4 drinks	35	1.3%
7	5 or more drinks	68	2.5%
Sysmiss		27

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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