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Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2015

Nepal, 2015
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NPL_2015_GSHS_v01_M
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Initiation of alcohol use (q34)

Data file: npl2015-mt-region

Overview

Valid: 2096
Invalid: 104
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 1930
92.1%
2 7 years old or younger 53
2.5%
3 8 or 9 years old 27
1.3%
4 10 or 11 years old 17
0.8%
5 12 or 13 years old 26
1.2%
6 14 or 15 years old 37
1.8%
7 16 or 17 years old 4
0.2%
8 18 years old or older 2
0.1%
Sysmiss 104
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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