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Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2017

Sierra Leone, 2017
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Reference ID
SLE_2017_GSHS_v01_M
Producer(s)
Ministry of Health and Sanitation
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Were overweight (qnowtg)

Data file: SLEH2017_GSHS_Data_Public_Use

Overview

Valid: 2616
Invalid: 182
Mean: 1.872
Standard deviation: 0.335
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Width: 1
Range: 1 - 2
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
Percentage of students who were overweight (>+1SD from median for BMI by age and sex)
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Yes 336
12.8%
2 No 2280
87.2%
Sysmiss 182
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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