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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Source of alchohol (q37)

Data file: MUS_Rodrigues_2019_GSHS

Overview

Valid: 2644

Invalid: 71

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, how did you usually get the alcohol you drank? SELECT ONLY ONE RESPONSE.

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Did not drink in past 30 days	1794	67.9%
2	I bought in a store	179	6.8%
3	I gave someone money to buy	106	4%
4	I got it from my friends	292	11%
5	I got it from my family	151	5.7%
6	I stole it	42	1.6%
7	Some other way	80	3%
Sysmiss		71

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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