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Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2018

St. Vincent and Grenadines, 2018
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VCT_2018_GSHS_v01_M
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Ministry of Health, Wellness and Environment
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Initiation of alcohol use (q34)

Data file: VCHq

Overview

Valid: 1751
Invalid: 126
Type: Discrete
Range: -
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
1 Never drank alcohol
2 7 years old or younger
3 8 or 9 years old
4 10 or 11 years old
5 12 or 13 years old
6 14 or 15 years old
7 16 or 17 years old
8 18 years old or older
Sysmiss
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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Source of information
Initiation of alcohol use

Imputation and derivation

Imputation
Initiation of alcohol use

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Initiation of alcohol use
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