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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Ever marijuana use (dr_canlife)

Data file: JAM-St-Cath-2023

Overview

Valid: 2691

Invalid: 350

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 16

Range: 1 - 6

Format: Numeric

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Literal question

During your life, how many times have you used cannabis (also called marijuana and COUNTRY SPECIFIC SLANG TERMS FOR CANNABIS)?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	0 times	2255	83.8%
2	1 or 2 times	143	5.3%
3	3 to 5 times	100	3.7%
4	6 to 9 times	67	2.5%
5	10 to 19 times	42	1.6%
6	20 or more times	84	3.1%
Sysmiss		350

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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