Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2015

Nepal, 2015

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NPL_2015_GSHS_v01_M

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Ministry of Health

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Initiation of alcohol use (q34)

Data file: npl2015

Overview

Valid: 6123

Invalid: 406

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 10

Range: 1 - 8

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

How old were you when you had your first drink of alcohol other than a few sips?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Never drank alcohol	5547	90.6%
2	7 years old or younger	160	2.6%
3	8 or 9 years old	89	1.5%
4	10 or 11 years old	72	1.2%
5	12 or 13 years old	98	1.6%
6	14 or 15 years old	119	1.9%
7	16 or 17 years old	32	0.5%
8	18 years old or older	6	0.1%
Sysmiss		406

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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