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Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2016

Benin, 2016
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BEN_2016_GSHS_v01_M
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Initiation of alcohol use (q34)

Data file: ben2016

Overview

Valid: 2111
Invalid: 425
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 753
35.7%
2 7 years old or younger 230
10.9%
3 8 or 9 years old 92
4.4%
4 10 or 11 years old 190
9%
5 12 or 13 years old 224
10.6%
6 14 or 15 years old 271
12.8%
7 16 or 17 years old 212
10%
8 18 years old or older 139
6.6%
Sysmiss 425
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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