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Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2009

Guatemala, 2009
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GTM_2009_GSHS_v01
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Pan American Health Organization
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Global School-based Student Health Survey
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Wash hands before eating past 30 days (Q12)

Data file: GTM2009_National_Public_Use

Overview

Valid: 5510
Invalid: 82
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 17
End: 17
Width: 1
Range: 1 - 5
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext
The next 4 questions ask about cleaning your teeth and washing your hands
Literal question
During the past 30 days, how often did you wash your hands before eating?
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Never 70
1.3%
2 Rarely 200
3.6%
3 Sometimes 649
11.8%
4 Most of the time 1480
26.9%
5 Always 3111
56.5%
Sysmiss 82
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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