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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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PE attendance (Q51)

Data file: JMH2017_GSHS

Overview

Valid: 1621
Invalid: 46
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Width: 1
Range: 1 - 6
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 this school year, on how many days did you go to physical education (PE) class each week?
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 0 days 557
34.4%
2 1 day 648
40%
3 2 days 84
5.2%
4 3 days 57
3.5%
5 4 days 30
1.9%
6 5 or more days 245
15.1%
Sysmiss 46
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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