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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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PE attendance (Q51)

Data file: 2016LKA

Overview

Valid: 3217
Invalid: 45
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Width: 1
Range: 1 - 6
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 this school year, on how many days did you go to physical education (PE) class each week?
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 0 days 993
30.9%
2 1 day 428
13.3%
3 2 days 474
14.7%
4 3 days 339
10.5%
5 4 days 207
6.4%
6 5 or more days 776
24.1%
Sysmiss 45
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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