Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2016
Fiji, 2016
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Initiation of alcohol use (q34)
Data file: fji2016
Overview
Valid:
3311
Invalid:
394
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 | 2018 |
60.9%
|
| 2 | 7 years old or younger | 120 |
3.6%
|
| 3 | 8 or 9 years old | 99 |
3%
|
| 4 | 10 or 11 years old | 100 |
3%
|
| 5 | 12 or 13 years old | 202 |
6.1%
|
| 6 | 14 or 15 years old | 310 |
9.4%
|
| 7 | 16 or 17 years old | 338 |
10.2%
|
| 8 | 18 years old or older | 124 |
3.7%
|
| Sysmiss | 394 |
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.