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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Age first had sex (q45)

Data file: MUS_Rodrigues_2019_GSHS

Overview

Valid: 2588

Invalid: 127

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Range: 1 - 8

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

The next 5 questions ask about sexual intercourse.

Literal question

How old were you when you had sexual intercourse for the first time?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Never had sex	1689	65.3%
2	11 years old or younger	181	7%
3	12 years old	84	3.2%
4	13 years old	93	3.6%
5	14 years old	162	6.3%
6	15 years old	173	6.7%
7	16 or 17 years old	187	7.2%
8	18 years old or older	19	0.7%
Sysmiss		127

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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