Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2017

Mauritius, 2017

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MUS_2017_GSHS_v01_M

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Ministry of Health

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Physical activity >= 5 days (Q49)

Data file: MUBH2017_GSHS_Data_Public_Use

Overview

Valid: 2961

Invalid: 51

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	669	22.6%
2	1 day	540	18.2%
3	2 days	381	12.9%
4	3 days	299	10.1%
5	4 days	190	6.4%
6	5 days	234	7.9%
7	6 days	71	2.4%
8	7 days	577	19.5%
Sysmiss		51

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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