Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2023

Solomon Islands, 2023

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SLB_2023_GSHS_v01

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Ministry of Health and Medical Services

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Global School-based Student Health Survey

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Jun 02, 2026

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Jun 02, 2026

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Initiation of drug use (dr_age)

Data file: SLB-2023

Overview

Valid: 1883

Invalid: 112

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 23

Range: 1 - 8

Format: Numeric

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Literal question

How old were you when you first used drugs?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	I have never used drugs	1186	63%
2	7 years old or younger	60	3.2%
3	8 or 9 years old	41	2.2%
4	10 or 11 years old	46	2.4%
5	12 or 13 years old	102	5.4%
6	14 or 15 years old	226	12%
7	16 or 17 years old	166	8.8%
8	18 years old or older	56	3%
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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