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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Times used marijuana in past 12 mos (dr_can12)

Data file: JAM-St-Cath-2023

Overview

Valid: 2907

Invalid: 134

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 16

Range: 1 - 6

Format: Numeric

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Literal question

During the past 12 months, how many times did you use cannabis (also called ganja, weed, herb, and marijuana)?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	0 times	2342	80.6%
2	1 or 2 times	245	8.4%
3	3 to 5 times	150	5.2%
4	6 to 9 times	66	2.3%
5	10 to 19 times	39	1.3%
6	20 or more times	65	2.2%
Sysmiss		134

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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