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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Physical activity past 7 days (q49)

Data file: MUS_Rodrigues_2019_GSHS

Overview

Valid: 2702

Invalid: 13

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Range: 1 - 8

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

The next 3 questions ask about physical activity. Physical activity is any activity that increases your heart rate and makes you breathe hard. Physical activity can be done in sports, playing with friends, or walking to school. Some examples of physical activity are running, fast walking, biking, dancing, football, and COUNTRY SPECIFIC EXAMPLES.

Literal question

During the past 7 days, on how many days were you physically active for a total of at least 60 minutes per day? ADD UP ALL THE TIME YOU SPENT IN ANY KIND OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY EACH DAY.

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	0 days	947	35%
2	1 day	496	18.4%
3	2 days	328	12.1%
4	3 days	263	9.7%
5	4 days	167	6.2%
6	5 days	128	4.7%
7	6 days	52	1.9%
8	7 days	321	11.9%
Sysmiss		13

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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