Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2016

United Arab Emirates, 2016

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ARE_2016_GSHS_v01_M

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Ministry of Health

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Initiation of alcohol use (Q34)

Data file: ARE2016 (National)

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 5849

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 1

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
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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