Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2012

Argentina, 2012

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ARG_2012_GSHS_v01_M

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Ministry of Health, Ministry of Education

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Nov 02, 2023

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Time spent sitting on usual day (Q52)

Data file: ARG2012_BuenosAires_Public_Use

Overview

Valid: 1001

Invalid: 38

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 6

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

The next question asks about the time you spend mostly sitting when you are not in school or doing homework.

Literal question

How much time do you spend during a typical or usual day sitting and watching television, playing computer games, talking with friends, or doing other sitting activities, such as COUNTRY SPECIFIC EXAMPLES?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Less than 1 hour per day	181	18.1%
2	1 to 2 hours per day	285	28.5%
3	3 to 4 hours per day	262	26.2%
4	5 to 6 hours per day	128	12.8%
5	7 to 8 hours per day	43	4.3%
6	More than 8 hours per day	102	10.2%
Sysmiss		38

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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