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Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2017

Mauritius, 2017
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MUS_2017_GSHS_v01_M
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Ministry of Health
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Walk or bike to school (Q50)

Data file: MUBH2017_GSHS_Data_Public_Use

Overview

Valid: 2974
Invalid: 38
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 1540
51.8%
2 1 day 218
7.3%
3 2 days 146
4.9%
4 3 days 120
4%
5 4 days 69
2.3%
6 5 days 262
8.8%
7 6 days 37
1.2%
8 7 days 582
19.6%
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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