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Location Variable
Name
1-3
SITE
Question
Code and Label
Country
Question
Number
SCHOOL
School Codes
14-16
CLASS
Class Codes
17-17
Q1
19-19
Q2
Q3
Weighted
Percent
17
244
894
844
522
81
9
0.7
9.0
33.9
32.5
20.8
3.2
1,132
1,459
20
50.0
50.0
866
892
827
26
33.4
33.5
33.1
Site Code
4-13
18-18
Unweighted
Frequency
Q1
Q2
Q3
How old are you?
11 years old or younger
1
12 years old
2
13 years old
3
14 years old
4
15 years old
5
16 years old or older
6
Missing
What is your sex?
Male
1
Female
2
Missing
In what grade are you?
Grade 8
1
Grade 9
2
Grade 10
3
Missing
20-23
Q4
Q4
How tall are you without your shoes on?
(Note: Data are in meters.)
24-29
Q5
Q5
How much do you weigh without your shoes
on? (Note: Data are in kilograms.)
30-30
Q6
Q8
During the past 30 days, how often did you go
hungry because there was not enough food in
your home?
Never
1,715
1
Rarely
331
2
Sometimes
370
3
Most
of
the
time
73
4
Always
96
5
Missing
26
65.8
13.2
14.2
2.9
3.9
1
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31-31
Q7
32-32
33-33
Q8
Q9
Country
Question
Number
Q9
Q10
Q17
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
During the past 30 days, how many times per
day did you usually eat fruit, such as banana,
mango, papaw, pineapple, avocado, or guava?
I did not eat fruit during the
1
past 30 days
Less than one time per day
2
1 time per day
3
2 times per day
4
3 times per day
5
4 times per day
6
5 or more times per day
7
Missing
During the past 30 days, how many times per
day did you usually eat vegetables, such as
green leafy vegetables, pumpkin, bitter goad,
drum sticks, guard, carrots, ladies fingers,
beans, brinjols, or beetroot?
I did not eat vegetables
1
during the past 30 days
Less than one time per day
2
1 time per day
3
2 times per day
4
3 times per day
5
4 times per day
6
5 or more times per day
7
Missing
Weighted
Percent
321
12.4
573
867
452
246
64
72
16
22.1
32.9
17.4
9.8
2.5
2.8
80
3.1
332
669
720
574
89
135
12
12.7
25.9
27.5
22.1
3.6
5.1
During the past 30 days, how many times per
day did you usually clean or brush your teeth?
I did not clean or brush my
60
1
teeth during the past 30 days
Less than 1 time per day
64
2
1 time per day
774
3
2 times per day
1,181
4
3 times per day
333
5
4 or more times per day
171
6
Missing
28
2.4
2.5
30.7
45.4
12.4
6.7
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Name
37-37
Q13
38-38
39-39
Q14
Q15
Country
Question
Number
Q21
Q23
Q24
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
Weighted
Percent
During the past 12 months, how many times
were you physically attacked?
0 times
1
1 time
2
2 or 3 times
3
4 or 5 times
4
6 or 7 times
5
8 or 9 times
6
10 or 11 times
7
12 or more times
8
Missing
1,358
502
434
120
51
27
13
101
5
51.2
19.7
16.9
4.6
2.1
1.1
0.5
3.8
During the past 12 months, how many times
were you in a physical fight?
0 times
1
1 time
2
2 or 3 times
3
4 or 5 times
4
6 or 7 times
5
8 or 9 times
6
10 or 11 times
7
12 or more times
8
Missing
1,414
504
409
121
39
28
12
66
18
52.5
20.1
16.8
4.9
1.6
1.0
0.5
2.7
During the past 12 months, how many times
were you seriously injured?
0 times
1
1 time
2
2 or 3 times
3
4 or 5 times
4
6 or 7 times
5
8 or 9 times
6
10 or 11 times
7
12 or more times
8
Missing
1,492
546
220
50
27
5
4
18
249
62.5
23.6
9.6
2.2
1.1
0.2
0.2
0.7
3
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Name
40-40
Q16
41-41
Q17
Country
Question
Number
Q25
Q26
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
During the past 12 months, what were you
doing when the most serious injury happened
to you?
I was not seriously injured
1,657
1
during the past 12 months
Playing or training for a
266
2
sport
Walking or running, but not
156
3
as part of playing or training
for a sport
Riding a bicycle or scooter
129
4
Riding or driving in a car or
15
5
other motor vehicle
Doing any paid or unpaid
115
6
work, including housework,
yard work, or cooking
Nothing
33
7
Something else
77
8
Missing
163
During the past 12 months, what was the major
cause of the most serious injury that happened
to you?
I was not seriously injured
1,685
1
during the past 12 months
I was in a motor vehicle
72
2
accident or hit by a motor
vehicle
I fell
383
3
Something
fell
on
me
or
hit
102
4
me
I was fighting with someone
22
5
I was attacked, assaulted, or
20
6
abused by someone
I was in a fire or too near a
11
7
flame or something hot
Something else caused my
145
8
injury
Missing
171
Weighted
Percent
67.1
11.0
6.4
5.6
0.6
4.8
1.5
3.0
68.6
3.0
16.1
4.1
0.9
0.8
0.5
6.0
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Name
42-42
Q18
43-43
44-44
Q19
Q20
Country
Question
Number
Q27
Q28
Q29
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
During the past 12 months, how did the most
serious injury happen to you?
I was not seriously injured
1
during the past 12 months
I hurt myself by accident
2
Someone else hurt me by
3
accident
I hurt myself on purpose
4
Someone else hurt me on
5
purpose
Missing
1,725
70.3
488
168
20.0
7.0
23
38
1.0
1.8
169
During the past 12 months, what was the most
serious injury that happened to you?
I was not seriously injured
1,751
1
during the past 12 months
I had a broken bone or a
149
2
dislocated joint
I had a cut, puncture, or stab
218
3
wound
I had a concussion or other
69
4
head or neck injury, was
knocked out, or could not
breathe
I had a gunshot wound
11
5
I
had
a
bad
burn
25
6
I lost all or part of a foot,
14
7
leg, hand, or arm
Something else happened to
224
8
me
Missing
150
During the past 30 days, on how many days
were you bullied?
0 days
1
1 or 2 days
2
3 to 5 days
3
6 to 9 days
4
10 to 19 days
5
20 to 29 days
6
All 30 days
7
Missing
Weighted
Percent
1,500
585
120
50
33
19
56
248
70.7
6.4
9.0
2.9
0.5
1.0
0.6
9.0
62.2
25.5
5.3
2.2
1.4
0.8
2.5
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Name
45-45
Q21
46-46
47-47
Q22
Q23
Country
Question
Number
Q30
Q32
Q33
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
During the past 30 days, how were you bullied
most often?
I was not bullied during the
1,505
1
past 30 days
I was hit, kicked, pushed,
115
2
shoved around, or locked
indoors
I was made fun of because of
50
3
my race or color
I was made fun of because of
27
4
my religion
I was made fun of with
48
5
sexual jokes, comments, or
gestures
I was left out of activities on
58
6
purpose or completely
ignored
I was made fun of because of
62
7
how my body or face looks
I was bullied in some other
517
8
way
Missing
229
During the past 12 months, how often have
you felt lonely?
Never
1
Rarely
2
Sometimes
3
Most of the time
4
Always
5
Missing
999
865
519
114
74
40
During the past 12 months, how often have
you been so worried about something that you
could not sleep at night?
1,367
Never
1
Rarely
675
2
Sometimes
430
3
Most of the time
89
4
Always
39
5
Missing
11
Weighted
Percent
61.9
5.2
2.3
1.2
2.0
2.4
2.6
22.4
38.7
34.2
19.6
4.5
2.9
52.4
26.4
16.2
3.4
1.5
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48-48
Q24
49-49
50-50
51-51
69-69
Q25
Q26
Q27
Q45
Country
Question
Number
Q34
Q35
Q36
Q37
Q49
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
During the past 12 months, did you ever feel
so sad or hopeless almost every day for two
weeks or more in a row that you stopped doing
your usual activities?
Yes
821
1
No
1,728
2
Missing
62
Weighted
Percent
32.5
67.5
During the past 12 months, did you ever
seriously consider attempting suicide?
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
261
2,280
70
10.4
89.6
During the past 12 months, did you make a
plan about how you would attempt suicide?
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
345
2,213
53
13.5
86.5
How many close friends do you have?
0
1
1
2
2
3
3 or more
4
Missing
150
402
513
1,514
32
5.7
15.5
19.8
59.0
466
545
408
318
189
264
36
366
19
18.1
21.0
15.5
12.3
7.3
10.0
1.5
14.2
During the past 7 days, on how many days
were you physically active for a total of at least
60 minutes per day?
0 days
1
1 day
2
2 days
3
3 days
4
4 days
5
5 days
6
6 days
7
7 days
8
Missing
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70-70
Q46
71-71
72-72
Q47
Q48
Country
Question
Number
Q50
Q51
Q52
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
During a typical or usual week, on how many
days are you physically active for a total of at
least 60 minutes per day?
0 days
1
1 day
2
2 days
3
3 days
4
4 days
5
5 days
6
6 days
7
7 days
8
Missing
537
560
411
320
170
245
49
292
27
How much time do you spend during a typical
or usual day sitting and watching television,
playing computer games, talking with friends,
or doing other sitting activities such as reading
books and papers, studying, playing carom or
chess?
Less than 1 hour per day
597
1
1
to
2
hours
per
day
1,136
2
3 to 4 hours per day
542
3
5 to 6 hours per day
174
4
7 to 8 hours per day
58
5
More than 8 hours per day
79
6
Missing
25
During the past 7 days, on how many days did
you walk or ride a bicycle to and from school?
0 days
1
1 day
2
2 days
3
3 days
4
4 days
5
5 days
6
6 days
7
7 days
8
Missing
931
232
145
97
111
578
39
450
28
Weighted
Percent
20.7
21.7
15.8
12.4
6.7
9.5
1.9
11.4
22.7
44.1
21.0
6.8
2.3
3.1
35.4
9.1
5.9
3.8
4.5
22.3
1.5
17.6
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73-73
Q49
74-74
75-75
76-76
Q50
Q51
Q52
Country
Question
Number
Q53
Q55
Q56
Q57
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
During the past 7 days, how long did it usually
take for you to get to and from school each
day?
Less than 10 minutes per day
1
10 to 19 minutes per day
2
20 to 29 minutes per day
3
30 to 39 minutes per day
4
40 to 49 minutes per day
5
50 to 59 minutes per day
6
60 or more minutes per day
7
Missing
During the past 30 days, on how many days
did you miss classes or school without
permission?
Missing
461
700
486
345
154
129
281
55
Weighted
Percent
18.2
27.4
18.9
13.3
6.2
4.9
11.0
2,611
During the past 30 days, how often were most
of the students in your school kind and
helpful?
Never
1
Rarely
2
Sometimes
3
Most of the time
4
Always
5
Missing
131
256
498
769
900
57
5.2
10.2
19.5
29.9
35.2
During the past 30 days, how often did your
parents or guardians check to see if your
homework was done?
Never
1
Rarely
2
Sometimes
3
Most of the time
4
Always
5
Missing
220
264
455
650
986
36
8.6
10.4
17.4
26.0
37.7
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Q53
77-77
78-78
146-146
147-147
Q54
QN6
QN7
Country
Question
Number
Q58
Q59
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
Weighted
Percent
During the past 30 days, how often did your
parents or guardians understand your problems
and worries?
Never
1
Rarely
2
Sometimes
3
Most of the time
4
Always
5
Missing
376
350
564
580
698
43
14.5
13.9
21.9
22.8
26.9
During the past 30 days, how often did your
parents or guardians really know what you
were doing with your free time?
Never
1
Rarely
2
Sometimes
3
Most of the time
4
Always
5
Missing
267
249
513
573
965
44
10.4
9.8
19.6
22.2
38.0
Percentage of students who went hungry most
of the time or always during the past 30 days
because there was not enough food in their
home
Yes
169
1
No
2,416
2
Missing
26
Percentage of students who usually ate fruit,
such as banana, mango, papaw, pineapple,
avocado, or guava one or more times per day
during the past 30 days
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
1,701
894
16
6.8
93.2
65.4
34.6
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148-148
QN8
149-149
153-153
154-154
155-155
QN9
QN13
QN14
QN15
Country
Question
Number
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
Percentage of students who usually ate
vegetables, such as green leafy vegetables,
pumpkin, bitter goad, drum sticks, guard,
carrots, ladies fingers, beans, brinjols, or
beetroot one or more times per day during the
past 30 days
Yes
2,187
1
No
412
2
Missing
12
Percentage of students who cleaned or brushed
their teeth less than 1 time per day during the
past 30 days
Yes
124
1
2,459
No
2
Missing
28
Percentage of students who were physically
attacked one or more times during the past 12
months
Yes
1,248
1
1,358
No
2
Missing
5
Percentage of students who were in a physical
fight one or more times during the past 12
months
Yes
1,179
1
1,414
No
2
Missing
18
Percentage of students who were seriously
injured one or more times during the past 12
months
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
870
1,492
249
Weighted
Percent
84.2
15.8
4.9
95.1
48.8
51.2
47.5
52.5
37.5
62.5
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156-156
QN16
157-157
158-158
159-159
160-160
QN17
QN18
QN19
QN20
Country
Question
Number
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
Among students who were seriously injured
during the past 12 months, the percentage
whose most serious injury happened to them
while they were playing or training for a sport
Yes
265
1
No
600
2
Missing
1,746
Weighted
Percent
30.5
69.5
Among students who were seriously injured
during the past 12 months, the percentage
whose most serious injury was the result of a
fall
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
383
482
1,746
44.6
55.4
Among students who were seriously injured
during the past 12 months, the percentage
whose most serious injury was the result of
them hurting themselves by accident
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
487
374
1,750
55.5
44.5
Among students who were seriously injured
during the past 12 months, the percentage who
had a broken bone or a dislocated joint as their
most serious injury
Yes
147
1
No
715
2
Missing
1,749
Percentage of students who were bullied on
one or more days during the past 30 days
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
863
1,500
248
17.6
82.4
37.8
62.2
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161-161
QN21
162-162
163-163
164-164
165-165
166-166
QN22
QN23
QN24
QN25
QN26
Country
Question
Number
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
Among students who were bullied during the
past 30 days, the percentage who were bullied
most often by being hit, kicked, pushed,
shoved around, or locked indoors
Yes
108
1
No
749
2
Missing
1,754
Percentage of students who felt lonely most of
the time or always during the past 12 months
Yes
188
1
No
2,383
2
Missing
40
Percentage of students who most of the time or
always felt so worried about something that
they could not sleep at night during the past 12
months
Yes
128
1
No
2,472
2
Missing
11
Percentage of students who felt so sad or
hopeless almost every day for two weeks or
more in a row that they stopped doing their
usual activities during the past 12 months
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
821
1,728
62
Percentage of students who seriously
considered attempting suicide during the past
12 months
Yes
261
1
No
2,280
2
Missing
70
Percentage of students who made a plan about
how they would attempt suicide during the past
12 months
Yes
345
1
No
2,213
2
Missing
53
Weighted
Percent
13.1
86.9
7.5
92.5
4.9
95.1
32.5
67.5
10.4
89.6
13.5
86.5
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167-167
QN27
185-185
186-186
187-187
188-188
189-189
QN45
QN46
QN47
QN48
QN49
Country
Question
Number
Question
Code and Label
Percentage of students who have no close
friends
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
Unweighted
Frequency
150
2,429
32
Percentage of students who were physically
active for a total of at least 60 minutes per day
on all 7 days during the past 7 days
Yes
366
1
2,226
No
2
Missing
19
Percentage of students who were physically
active for a total of at least 60 minutes per day
on all 7 days during a typical or usual week
Yes
292
1
2,292
No
2
Missing
27
Percentage of students who spent three or more
hours per day during a typical or usual day
sitting and watching television, playing
computer games, talking with friends, or doing
other sitting activities, such as reading books
and papers, studying, playing carom or chess
Yes
853
1
No
1,733
2
Missing
25
Weighted
Percent
5.7
94.3
14.2
85.8
11.4
88.6
33.2
66.8
Percentage of students who did not walk or
ride a bicycle to and from school during the
past seven days
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
931
1,652
28
35.4
64.6
Percentage of students who usually took 29
minutes or less each day to get to and from
school during the past 7 days
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
1,647
909
55
64.5
35.5
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Public Use Codebook
Data
Standard
Location Variable
Name
190-190
QN50
191-191
192-192
193-193
194-194
262-262
QN51
QN52
QN53
QN54
QNROVWTG
Country
Question
Number
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
Weighted
Percent
Percentage of students who missed classes or
school without permission on one or more days
during the past 30 days
Missing
2,611
Percentage of students who reported that most
of the students in their school were never or
rarely kind and helpful during the past 30 days
Yes
387
1
No
2,167
2
Missing
57
Percentage of students whose parents or
guardians never or rarely checked to see if
their homework was done during the past 30
days
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
484
2,091
36
Percentage of students whose parents or
guardians never or rarely understood their
problems and worries during the past 30 days
Yes
726
1
1,842
No
2
Missing
43
Percentage of students whose parents or
guardians never or rarely really knew what
they were doing with their free time during the
past 30 days
Yes
516
1
No
2,051
2
Missing
44
Percentage of students who are at risk for
becoming overweight*
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
77
2,183
351
15.4
84.6
19.0
81.0
28.4
71.6
20.3
79.7
3.3
96.7
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Data
Country
Standard
Location Variable
Question
Number
Name
263-263
QNOVWTG
264-264
266-266
267-267
QNFRVGG
QNMINPAG
QNWKRDG
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
Weighted
Percent
Percentage of students who are overweight*
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
7
2,253
351
0.3
99.7
Percentage of students who ate fruits and
vegetables five or more times per day during
the past 30 days
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
580
2,008
23
22.6
77.4
Percentage of students who were physically
active for at least 60 minutes per day on less
than five days per week on average
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
2,069
507
35
80.2
19.8
Percentage of students who spent less than 2.5
hours total walking or riding a bicycle to and
from school during the past seven days
Yes
2,095
1
No
448
2
Missing
68
358-369
Weight
Weight
370-374
PSU
Primary Sampling Unit
375-383
Stratum
Stratum
384-388
BMIPct
Percentile for body mass index, by age and sex
82.2
17.8
16