Global School-based Student Health Survey 2005

United Arab Emirates, 2005

Reference ID

ARE_2005_GSHS_v01_M

Producer(s)

Ministries of Health, Ministries of Education, Abu Dhabi General Health Authority, Dubai Health Authority, World Health Organization, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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Number times drug use during life (Q39)

Data file: AEGH2005_Public_Use

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 1877

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 44

End: 44

Width: 1

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

The next 9 questions ask about use of illegal drugs, such as marijuana (hashish) or cocaine. Drug use also represents smelling the fumes of gasoline, glue, correctors, car exhaust, or burning; black ants; or ingesting Actifed without medical need.

Literal question

During your life, how many times have you used drugs?

Categories

Value	Category
1	0 times
2	1 or 2 times
3	3 to 9 times
4	10 or more times
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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