Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2023
St Catherine Parish

Jamaica, 2023

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JAM_2023_GSHS_v01

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National Council on Drug Abuse

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Global School-based Student Health Survey

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May 13, 2026

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May 13, 2026

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Initiation of alcohol use (al_age)

Data file: JAM-St-Cath-2023

Overview

Valid: 2692

Invalid: 349

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 57

Range: 1 - 8

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

How old were you when you had your first drink of alcohol other than a few sips?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	I have never had a drink of alcohol other than a few sips	753	28%
2	7 years old or younger	363	13.5%
3	8 or 9 years old	230	8.5%
4	10 or 11 years old	397	14.7%
5	12 or 13 years old	527	19.6%
6	14 or 15 years old	314	11.7%
7	16 or 17 years old	106	3.9%
8	18 years old or older	2	0.1%
Sysmiss		349

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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