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_CapitalCityPrivate_Public_Use

Overview

Valid: 1335

Invalid: 128

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	660	49.4%
2	7 years old or younger	69	5.2%
3	8 or 9 years old	51	3.8%
4	10 or 11 years old	108	8.1%
5	12 or 13 years old	239	17.9%
6	14 or 15 years old	190	14.2%
7	16 years old or older	18	1.3%
Sysmiss		128

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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