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Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2016

Sri Lanka, 2016
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LKA_2016_GSHS_v01_M
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Epidemiology Unit, Colombo
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Physical activity past 7 days (Q49)

Data file: 2016LKA

Overview

Valid: 3241
Invalid: 21
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.
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Value Category Cases
1 0 days 598
18.5%
2 1 day 539
16.6%
3 2 days 495
15.3%
4 3 days 443
13.7%
5 4 days 273
8.4%
6 5 days 326
10.1%
7 6 days 84
2.6%
8 7 days 483
14.9%
Sysmiss 21
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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