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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Hours per day mobile phone used in past 7 days (ot_mobilehours)

Data file: JAM-St-Cath-2023

Overview

Valid: 2903

Invalid: 138

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 52

Range: 1 - 7

Format: Numeric

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Literal question

During the past 7 days, how many hours per day did you use your mobile phone to be on social media, for online communication, or to browse the internet?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	I did not have a mobile phone during the past 7 days	422	14.5%
2	Less than one hour per day	289	10%
3	1 to 2 hours per day	380	13.1%
4	3 to 4 hours per day	461	15.9%
5	5 to 6 hours per day	391	13.5%
6	7 to 8 hours per day	243	8.4%
7	More than 8 hours per day	717	24.7%
Sysmiss		138

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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