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Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2023

Mongolia, 2023
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MNG_2023_GSHS_v01
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National Center for Public Health
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Global School-based Student Health Survey
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Initiation of alcohol use (al_age)

Data file: MNG-rural-2023

Overview

Valid: 1584
Invalid: 112
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Width: 57
Range: 1 - 8
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
How old were you when you had your first drink of alcohol other than a few sips?
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 I have never had a drink of alcohol other than a few sips 1203
75.9%
2 7 years old or younger 47
3%
3 8 or 9 years old 20
1.3%
4 10 or 11 years old 24
1.5%
5 12 or 13 years old 66
4.2%
6 14 or 15 years old 130
8.2%
7 16 or 17 years old 77
4.9%
8 18 years old or older 17
1.1%
Sysmiss 112
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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