Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2017

Jamaica, 2017

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JAM_2017_GSHS_v01_M

Producer(s)

National Council on Drug Abuse

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Current alcohol use (Q35)

Data file: JMH2017_GSHS

Overview

Valid: 1591

Invalid: 76

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

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

During the past 30 days, on how many days did you have at least one drink containing alcohol?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	0 days	837	52.6%
2	1 or 2 days	458	28.8%
3	3 to 5 days	126	7.9%
4	6 to 9 days	62	3.9%
5	10 to 19 days	64	4%
6	20 to 29 days	14	0.9%
7	All 30 days	30	1.9%
Sysmiss		76

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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