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Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2017

Trinidad and Tobago, 2017
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TTO_2017_GSHS_v01_M
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Ministry of Health
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Initiation of alcohol use (Q34)

Data file: TTO2017 Tobago

Overview

Valid: 940
Invalid: 93
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Width: 1
Range: 1 - 8
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext
The next 6 questions ask about drinking alcohol. This includes drinking COUNTRY SPECIFIC EXAMPLES. Drinking alcohol does not include drinking a few sips of wine for religious purposes. A "drink" is a glass of wine, a bottle of beer, a small glass of liquor, or a mixed drink.
Literal question
How old were you when you had your first drink of alcohol other than a few sips?
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Never drank alcohol 288
30.6%
2 7 years old or younger 155
16.5%
3 8 or 9 years old 114
12.1%
4 10 or 11 years old 115
12.2%
5 12 or 13 years old 154
16.4%
6 14 or 15 years old 83
8.8%
7 16 or 17 years old 29
3.1%
8 18 years old or older 2
0.2%
Sysmiss 93
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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