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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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Initiation of drug use (Q40)

Data file: SLEH2017_GSHS_Data_Public_Use

Overview

Valid: 2002
Invalid: 796
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Width: 1
Range: 1 - 8
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext
The next 4 questions ask about drug use. This includes using marijuana, amphetamines, cocaine, inhalants, and COUNTRY SPECIFIC EXAMPLES.
Literal question
How old were you when you first used drugs?
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 I have never used drugs 1666
83.2%
2 7 years old or younger 120
6%
3 8 or 9 years old 61
3%
4 10 or 11 years old 43
2.1%
5 12 or 13 years old 28
1.4%
6 14 or 15 years old 23
1.1%
7 16 or 17 years old 51
2.5%
8 18 years old or older 10
0.5%
Sysmiss 796
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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