Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2019

Mauritius, 2019

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Reference ID

MUS_2019_GSHS_v01

Producer(s)

Ministry of Health and Wellness

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Global School-based Student Health Survey

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Mar 17, 2025

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Mar 17, 2025

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Sitting activities (q52)

Data file: MUS_Rodrigues_2019_GSHS

Overview

Valid: 2669

Invalid: 46

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Range: 1 - 6

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

The next question asks about the time you spend mostly sitting when you are not in school or doing homework.

Literal question

How much time do you spend during a typical or usual day sitting and watching television, playing computer games, talking with friends, or doing other sitting activities, such as COUNTRY SPECIFIC EXAMPLES?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Less than 1 hour per day	788	29.5%
2	1 to 2 hours per day	769	28.8%
3	3 to 4 hours per day	507	19%
4	5 to 6 hours per day	208	7.8%
5	7 to 8 hours per day	124	4.6%
6	More than 8 hours per day	273	10.2%
Sysmiss		46

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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