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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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Walk or bike to school (Q50)

Data file: 2016LKA

Overview

Valid: 3213
Invalid: 49
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 did you walk or ride a bicycle to or from school?
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 0 days 1257
39.1%
2 1 day 188
5.9%
3 2 days 176
5.5%
4 3 days 153
4.8%
5 4 days 111
3.5%
6 5 days 480
14.9%
7 6 days 62
1.9%
8 7 days 786
24.5%
Sysmiss 49
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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