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Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2017

Sierra Leone, 2017
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SLE_2017_GSHS_v01_M
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Ministry of Health and Sanitation
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Hand washing before eating (Q12)

Data file: SLEH2017_GSHS_Data_Public_Use

Overview

Valid: 2768
Invalid: 30
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Width: 1
Range: 1 - 5
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext
The next 4 questions ask about cleaning your teeth and washing your hands.
Literal question
During the past 30 days, how often did you wash your hands before eating?
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Never 75
2.7%
2 Rarely 117
4.2%
3 Sometimes 259
9.4%
4 Most of the time 317
11.5%
5 Always 2000
72.3%
Sysmiss 30
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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