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Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2022
Sekondi-Takoradi

Ghana, 2022
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GHA_2022_GSHS_v01
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Global School-based Student Health Survey
Metadata
DDI/XML JSON
Created on
May 08, 2026
Last modified
May 08, 2026
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Initiation of drug use (dr_age)

Data file: Subnational dataset

Overview

Valid: 3361
Invalid: 435
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Width: 23
Range: 1 - 8
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
How old were you when you first used drugs?
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 I have never used drugs 2854
84.9%
2 7 years old or younger 195
5.8%
3 8 or 9 years old 101
3%
4 10 or 11 years old 56
1.7%
5 12 or 13 years old 68
2%
6 14 or 15 years old 55
1.6%
7 16 or 17 years old 24
0.7%
8 18 years old or older 8
0.2%
Sysmiss 435
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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