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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Ever marijuana use (q41)

Data file: MUS_Rodrigues_2019_GSHS

Overview

Valid: 2584

Invalid: 131

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Range: 1 - 5

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

The next 4 questions ask about drug use. This includes using marijuana, amphetamines, cocaine, inhalants, and COUNTRY SPECIFIC EXAMPLES.

Literal question

During your life, how many times have you used marijuana (also called COUNTRY SPECIFIC SLANG TERMS FOR MARIJUANA)?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	0 times	2371	91.8%
2	1 or 2 times	88	3.4%
3	3 to 9 times	61	2.4%
4	10 to 19 times	28	1.1%
5	20 or more times	36	1.4%
Sysmiss		131

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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