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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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Physical activity past 7 days (Q49)

Data file: JMH2017_GSHS

Overview

Valid: 1611
Invalid: 56
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Width: 1
Range: 1 - 8
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext
The next 3 questions ask about physical activity. Physical activity is any activity that increases your heart rate and makes you breathe hard. Physical activity can be done in sports, playing with friends, or walking to school. Some examples of physical activity are running, fast walking, biking, dancing, football, and COUNTRY SPECIFIC EXAMPLES.
Literal question
During the past 7 days, on how many days were you physically active for a total of at least 60 minutes per day? ADD UP ALL THE TIME YOU SPENT IN ANY KIND OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY EACH DAY.
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 0 days 479
29.7%
2 1 day 226
14%
3 2 days 192
11.9%
4 3 days 149
9.2%
5 4 days 69
4.3%
6 5 days 100
6.2%
7 6 days 31
1.9%
8 7 days 365
22.7%
Sysmiss 56
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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