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Standard
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
37-37
Q2
Q3
Q13
Weighted
Percent
178
502
655
626
314
3
8.1
22.4
28.9
27.0
13.7
1,118
1,157
3
48.3
51.7
688
759
823
8
31.9
32.9
35.2
1,647
238
202
75
22
19
8
54
13
72.6
10.6
8.9
3.3
1.0
0.9
0.4
2.4
Site Code
4-13
18-18
Unweighted
Frequency
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
How old are you?
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?
Form 2
1
Form 3
2
Form 4
3
Missing
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
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Location Variable
Name
38-38
Q14
39-39
Q15
Country
Question
Number
Q5
Q7
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
Weighted
Percent
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
1,299
413
292
96
44
22
18
77
17
57.7
18.3
12.8
4.2
1.9
1.0
0.8
3.4
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
921
575
265
86
40
12
10
32
337
47.1
29.8
13.7
4.4
2.2
0.6
0.5
1.7
2
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Location Variable
Name
40-40
Q16
41-41
Q17
Country
Question
Number
Q8
Q9
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
1,121
1
during the past 12 months
Playing or training for a
295
2
sport
Walking or running, but not
111
3
as part of playing or training
for a sport
Riding a bicycle or scooter
104
4
Riding or driving in a car or
31
5
other motor vehicle
Doing any paid or unpaid
75
6
work, including housework,
yard work, or cooking
Nothing
95
7
Something else
208
8
Missing
238
During the past 12 months, what was the major
cause of the most serious injury that happened
to you?
I was not seriously injured
1,212
1
during the past 12 months
I was in a motor vehicle
44
2
accident or hit by a motor
vehicle
I fell
399
3
Something
fell
on
me
or
hit
62
4
me
I was fighting with someone
55
5
I was attacked, assaulted, or
25
6
abused by someone
I was in a fire or too near a
19
7
flame or something hot
Something else caused my
263
8
injury
Missing
199
Weighted
Percent
54.8
14.4
5.5
5.1
1.5
3.8
4.7
10.2
58.1
2.2
19.3
3.0
2.6
1.2
1.0
12.6
3
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Location Variable
Name
42-42
Q18
43-43
44-44
Q19
Q20
Country
Question
Number
Q10
Q11
Q12
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
1,256
61.0
356
125
17.3
6.0
197
118
9.8
5.8
226
During the past 12 months, what was the most
serious injury that happened to you?
I was not seriously injured
1,317
1
during the past 12 months
I had a broken bone or a
187
2
dislocated joint
I had a cut, puncture, or stab
141
3
wound
I had a concussion or other
48
4
head or neck injury, was
knocked out, or could not
breathe
I had a gunshot wound
3
5
I
had
a
bad
burn
34
6
I lost all or part of a foot,
17
7
leg, hand, or arm
Something else happened to
351
8
me
Missing
180
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
1,231
480
172
67
50
20
60
198
62.7
8.7
6.7
2.4
0.1
1.7
0.8
16.9
59.1
23.3
8.2
3.2
2.3
1.0
2.9
4
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Name
45-45
Q21
52-52
Q28
Country
Question
Number
Q13
Q17
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
During the past 30 days, how were you bullied
most often?
I was not bullied during the
1,220
1
past 30 days
I was hit, kicked, pushed,
106
2
shoved around, or locked
indoors
I was made fun of because of
63
3
my race or color
I was made fun of because of
32
4
my religion
I was made fun of with
84
5
sexual jokes, comments, or
gestures
I was left out of activities on
30
6
purpose or completely
ignored
I was made fun of because of
93
7
how my body or face looks
I was bullied in some other
439
8
way
Missing
211
How old were you when you first tried a
cigarette?
I have never smoked
1
cigarettes
7 years old or younger
2
8 or 9 years old
3
10 or 11 years old
4
12 or 13 years old
5
14 or 15 years old
6
16 years old or older
7
Missing
Weighted
Percent
59.0
5.1
3.1
1.6
3.8
1.5
4.5
21.5
1,558
73.1
48
53
110
207
148
24
130
2.2
2.5
5.0
9.4
6.8
1.1
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Name
53-53
Q29
54-54
55-55
56-56
Q30
Q31
Q32
Country
Question
Number
Q18
Q21
Q22
Q23
Question
Code and Label
During the past 30 days, on how many days
did you smoke cigarettes?
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
Unweighted
Frequency
1,835
101
63
37
46
26
103
67
During the past 30 days, on how many days
did you use any other form of tobacco, such as
cigars?
0 days
2,124
1
1
or
2
days
62
2
3 to 5 days
29
3
6 to 9 days
16
4
10
to
19
days
10
5
20 to 29 days
3
6
All 30 days
22
7
Missing
12
During the past 12 months, have you ever tried
to stop smoking cigarettes?
I have never smoked
1,526
1
cigarettes
I did not smoke cigarettes
141
2
during the past 12 months
Yes
316
3
No
137
4
Missing
158
During the past 7 days, on how many days
have people smoked in your presence?
0 days
1
1 or 2 days
2
3 or 4 days
3
5 or 6 days
4
All 7 days
5
Missing
517
557
315
155
705
29
Weighted
Percent
83.5
4.6
2.8
1.6
2.0
1.1
4.4
93.8
2.7
1.2
0.7
0.4
0.1
1.0
72.4
6.7
14.5
6.4
23.3
24.6
14.1
6.9
31.1
6
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Name
57-57
Q33
58-58
59-59
Q34
Q35
Country
Question
Number
Q24
Q30
Q31
Question
Code and Label
Which of your parents or guardians use any
form of tobacco?
Neither
1
My father or male guardian
2
My mother or female
3
guardian
Both
4
I do not know
5
Missing
During the past 30 days, on how many days
did you have at least one drink containing
alcohol?
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
Unweighted
Frequency
Weighted
Percent
1,313
552
25
58.2
24.5
1.2
62
295
31
2.7
13.4
1,631
287
74
39
18
6
17
206
79.2
13.7
3.4
1.8
0.8
0.3
0.8
During the past 30 days, on the days you drank
alcohol, how many drinks did you usually
drink per day?
I did not drink alcohol
1,612
1
during the past 30 days
Less than one drink
202
2
1 drink
83
3
2 drinks
73
4
3
drinks
27
5
4 drinks
20
6
5 or more drinks
60
7
Missing
201
78.1
9.6
4.0
3.5
1.2
0.9
2.7
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Name
60-60
Q36
61-61
62-62
63-63
Q37
Q38
Q39
Country
Question
Number
Q32
Q35
Q36
Q39
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
During the past 30 days, how did you usually
get the alcohol you drank?
I did not drink alcohol
1,610
1
during the past 30 days
I bought it in a store, shop,
86
2
or from a street vendor
I gave someone else money
28
3
to buy it for me
I got it from my friends
120
4
I got it from home
116
5
I stole it
6
6
I got it some other way
83
8
Missing
229
During your life, how many times did you
drink so much alcohol that you were really
drunk?
0 times
1
1 or 2 times
2
3 to 9 times
3
10 or more times
4
Missing
1,796
315
91
72
4
During your life, how many times have you
ever had a hang-over, felt sick, got into trouble
with your family or friends, missed school, or
got into fights, as a result of drinking alcohol?
0 times
2,066
1
1 or 2 times
145
2
3 to 9 times
21
3
10 or more times
34
4
Missing
12
During your life, how many times have you
used drugs such as brown sugar, gandia, white
lady, subutex?
0 times
2,113
1
1 or 2 times
83
2
3 to 9 times
33
3
10 or more times
34
4
Missing
15
Weighted
Percent
79.1
3.9
1.3
5.8
5.7
0.3
4.0
79.4
13.6
4.0
3.0
91.3
6.3
1.0
1.4
93.6
3.5
1.5
1.5
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Name
69-69
Q45
70-70
71-71
Q46
Q47
Country
Question
Number
Q45
Q46
Q49
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
Weighted
Percent
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
554
461
303
246
142
151
43
351
27
24.7
20.5
13.3
11.1
6.2
6.7
1.9
15.6
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
651
514
312
199
110
124
47
292
29
29.1
22.9
13.9
8.8
4.8
5.5
2.0
13.0
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 going
to the cinema or playing cards?
Less than 1 hour per day
1
1 to 2 hours per day
2
3 to 4 hours per day
3
5 to 6 hours per day
4
7 to 8 hours per day
5
More than 8 hours per day
6
Missing
715
749
410
143
66
167
28
32.0
33.3
18.1
6.2
2.9
7.5
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Name
72-72
Q48
73-73
74-74
Q49
Q50
Country
Question
Number
Q50
Q51
Q52
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
During the past 7 days, on how many days did
you walk or ride a bicycle to and from school?
0 days
1,333
1
1 day
114
2
2 days
90
3
3
days
51
4
4 days
49
5
5 days
332
6
6 days
22
7
7 days
272
8
Missing
15
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?
0 days
1
1 or 2 days
2
3 to 5 days
3
6 to 9 days
4
10 or more days
5
Missing
Weighted
Percent
59.2
5.1
3.8
2.3
2.1
14.5
1.0
11.9
414
471
401
338
191
104
283
76
19.0
21.4
18.3
15.3
8.6
4.6
12.8
1,781
297
96
24
67
13
78.9
13.1
4.1
1.1
2.9
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75-75
Q51
76-76
77-77
78-78
Q52
Q53
Q54
Country
Question
Number
Q53
Q54
Q55
Q56
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
Weighted
Percent
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
265
587
707
361
324
34
12.0
25.8
31.4
16.2
14.6
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
539
422
462
313
507
35
24.1
18.8
20.6
13.8
22.8
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
449
369
560
379
502
19
20.0
16.3
24.9
16.4
22.3
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
466
369
516
374
524
29
20.6
16.5
22.9
16.6
23.5
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153-153
QN13
154-154
155-155
156-156
157-157
QN14
QN15
QN16
QN17
Country
Question
Number
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
Percentage of students who were physically
attacked one or more times during the past 12
months
Yes
618
1
No
1,647
2
Missing
13
Percentage of students who were in a physical
fight one or more times during the past 12
months
Yes
962
1
No
1,299
2
Missing
17
Percentage of students who were seriously
injured one or more times during the past 12
months
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
1,020
921
337
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
294
1
No
717
2
Missing
1,267
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
399
606
1,273
Weighted
Percent
27.4
72.6
42.3
57.7
52.9
47.1
28.7
71.3
39.6
60.4
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Name
158-158
QN18
159-159
160-160
161-161
168-168
169-169
QN19
QN20
QN21
QN28
QN29
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 was the result of
them hurting themselves by accident
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
356
637
1,285
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
187
1
No
819
2
Missing
1,272
Percentage of students who were bullied on
one or more days during the past 30 days
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
849
1,231
198
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
105
1
No
734
2
Missing
1,439
Of students who smoked cigarettes on one or
more of the past 30 days, the percentage who
tried their first cigarette at age 13 or younger
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
258
113
1,907
Percentage of students who smoked cigarettes
on one or more days during the past 30 days
Yes
376
1
No
1,835
2
Missing
67
Weighted
Percent
35.6
64.4
18.1
81.9
40.9
59.1
12.3
87.7
69.2
30.8
16.5
83.5
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Name
170-170
QN30
171-171
172-172
173-173
174-174
175-175
QN31
QN32
QN33
QN34
QN35
Country
Question
Number
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
Percentage of students who used any other
form of tobacco, such as cigars on one or more
days during the past 30 days
Yes
142
1
No
2,124
2
Missing
12
Among students who smoked cigarettes during
the past 12 months, the percentage who tried to
stop smoking cigarettes
Yes
316
1
No
137
2
Missing
1,825
Percentage of students who reported people
smoking in their presence on one or more days
during the past 7 days
Yes
1,732
1
517
No
2
Missing
29
Percentage of students who have a parent or
guardian who uses any form of tobacco
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
639
1,608
31
Percentage of students who had at least one
drink containing alcohol on one or more days
during the past 30 days
Yes
441
1
No
1,631
2
Missing
206
Among students who had at least one drink
containing alcohol during the past 30 days, the
percentage who usually drank two or more
drinks per day on the days they drank alcohol
during the past 30 days
Yes
180
1
No
258
2
Missing
1,840
Weighted
Percent
6.2
93.8
69.3
30.7
76.7
23.3
28.3
71.7
20.8
79.2
40.5
59.5
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Standard
Location Variable
Name
176-176
QN36
177-177
178-178
179-179
185-185
QN37
QN38
QN39
QN45
Country
Question
Number
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
Among students who had at least one drink
containing alcohol during the past 30 days, the
percentage who usually got the alcohol they
drank by buying it in a store, shop, or from a
street vendor
Yes
85
1
No
352
2
Missing
1,841
Percentage of students who drank so much
alcohol that they were really drunk one or
more times during their life
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
478
1,796
4
Percentage of students who had a hang-over,
felt sick, got into trouble with their family or
friends, missed school, or got into fights, as a
result of drinking alcohol one or more times
during their life
Yes
200
1
No
2,066
2
Missing
12
Percentage of students who used drugs, such as
brown sugar, gandia, white lady, or subutex
one or more times during their life
Yes
150
1
2,113
No
2
Missing
15
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
351
1
No
1,900
2
Missing
27
Weighted
Percent
18.6
81.4
20.6
79.4
8.7
91.3
6.4
93.6
15.6
84.4
15
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Data
Standard
Location Variable
Name
186-186
QN46
187-187
188-188
189-189
190-190
QN47
QN48
QN49
QN50
Country
Question
Number
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
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
No
1,957
2
Missing
29
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 going to the
cinema or playing cards
Yes
786
1
No
1,464
2
Missing
28
Weighted
Percent
13.0
87.0
34.8
65.2
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
1,333
930
15
59.2
40.8
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
1,286
916
76
58.7
41.3
Percentage of students who missed classes or
school without permission on one or more days
during the past 30 days
Yes
484
1
No
1,781
2
Missing
13
21.1
78.9
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Data
Standard
Location Variable
Name
191-191
QN51
192-192
193-193
194-194
265-265
266-266
QN52
QN53
QN54
QNANYTBG
QNMINPAG
Country
Question
Number
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
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
852
1
No
1,392
2
Missing
34
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
961
1,282
35
Percentage of students whose parents or
guardians never or rarely understood their
problems and worries during the past 30 days
Yes
818
1
1,441
No
2
Missing
19
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
835
1
No
1,414
2
Missing
29
Percentage of students who used any tobacco
on one or more of the past 30 days
Yes
390
1
No
1,811
2
Missing
77
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
1,808
419
51
Weighted
Percent
37.8
62.2
42.8
57.2
36.4
63.6
37.0
63.0
17.2
82.8
81.4
18.6
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Data
Country
Standard
Location Variable
Question
Number
Name
267-267
QNWKRDG
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
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
1,921
1
No
276
2
Missing
81
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
Weighted
Percent
87.6
12.4
18