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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Age first drink of alcohol (Q34)

Data file: GTM2009_National_Public_Use

Overview

Valid: 5093

Invalid: 499

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 39

End: 39

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 7

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

The next 6 questions ask about drinking alcohol. This includes drinking COUNTRY SPECIFIC EXAMPLES. Drinking alcohol does not include drinking a few sips of wine for religious purposes. A "drink" is a glass of wine, a bottle of beer, a small glass of liquor, or a mixed drink.

Literal question

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

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Never drank alcohol	3067	60.2%
2	7 years old or younger	207	4.1%
3	8 or 9 years old	156	3.1%
4	10 or 11 years old	311	6.1%
5	12 or 13 years old	737	14.5%
6	14 or 15 years old	545	10.7%
7	16 years old or older	70	1.4%
Sysmiss		499

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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