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Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2017

Jamaica, 2017
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JAM_2017_GSHS_v01_M
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National Council on Drug Abuse
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Initiation of drug use (Q40)

Data file: JMH2017_GSHS

Overview

Valid: 1446
Invalid: 221
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Width: 1
Range: 1 - 8
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext
The next 4 questions ask about drug use. This includes using marijuana, amphetamines, cocaine, inhalants, and COUNTRY SPECIFIC EXAMPLES.
Literal question
How old were you when you first used drugs?
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 I have never used drugs 1074
74.3%
2 7 years old or younger 66
4.6%
3 8 or 9 years old 37
2.6%
4 10 or 11 years old 58
4%
5 12 or 13 years old 100
6.9%
6 14 or 15 years old 90
6.2%
7 16 or 17 years old 19
1.3%
8 18 years old or older 2
0.1%
Sysmiss 221
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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