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Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2017

Jamaica, 2017
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JAM_2017_GSHS_v01_M
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National Council on Drug Abuse
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Walk or bike to school (Q50)

Data file: JMH2017_GSHS

Overview

Valid: 1643
Invalid: 24
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Width: 1
Range: 1 - 8
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext
The next 3 questions ask about physical activity. Physical activity is any activity that increases your heart rate and makes you breathe hard. Physical activity can be done in sports, playing with friends, or walking to school. Some examples of physical activity are running, fast walking, biking, dancing, football, and COUNTRY SPECIFIC EXAMPLES.
Literal question
During the past 7 days, on how many days did you walk or ride a bicycle to or from school?
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 0 days 1039
63.2%
2 1 day 77
4.7%
3 2 days 51
3.1%
4 3 days 49
3%
5 4 days 48
2.9%
6 5 days 110
6.7%
7 6 days 19
1.2%
8 7 days 250
15.2%
Sysmiss 24
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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