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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Walk or bike to school (q50)

Data file: MUS_Rodrigues_2019_GSHS

Overview

Valid: 2705

Invalid: 10

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Range: 1 - 8

Format: Numeric

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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 did you walk or ride a bicycle to or from school?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	0 days	1660	61.4%
2	1 day	211	7.8%
3	2 days	151	5.6%
4	3 days	101	3.7%
5	4 days	63	2.3%
6	5 days	173	6.4%
7	6 days	20	0.7%
8	7 days	326	12.1%
Sysmiss		10

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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