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Standard
Location Variable
Name
1-3
SITE
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
Weighted
Percent
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
11
159
414
385
230
110
24
1.0
16.0
31.8
26.5
16.4
8.3
What is your sex?
Male
1
Female
2
Missing
627
699
7
47.3
52.7
In what grade are you?
Form 1
1
Form 2
2
Form 3
3
Form 4
4
Other
5
Missing
333
567
414
7
2
10
36.7
32.8
29.7
0.6
0.2
Country
Question
Number
Site Code
4-13
SCHOOL
School Codes
14-16
CLASS
Class Codes
17-17
Q1
18-18
19-19
Q2
Q3
Q1
Q2
Q3
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.)
1
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Name
30-30
Q6
31-31
32-32
Q7
Q8
Country
Question
Number
Q6
Q7
Q8
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
During the past 30 days, how often did you go
hungry because there was not enough food in
your home?
Never
1
Rarely
2
Sometimes
3
Most of the time
4
Always
5
Missing
During the past 30 days, how many times per
day did you usually eat fruit, such as mangoes,
plumroses, plums, oranges, or guavas?
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
pumpkin, tomatoes, cucumber, beans, or
carrots?
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
789
154
292
49
39
10
59.2
10.9
22.9
3.8
3.2
82
6.1
207
259
230
195
69
276
15
15.2
19.6
17.1
14.6
5.1
22.2
192
14.8
281
385
214
80
42
112
27
21.6
28.7
16.3
6.2
3.3
9.3
2
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Name
33-33
Q9
34-34
35-35
36-36
Q10
Q11
Q12
Country
Question
Number
Q11
Q12
Q13
Q14
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
Weighted
Percent
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
1
teeth during the past 30 days
Less than 1 time per day
2
1 time per day
3
2 times per day
4
3 times per day
5
4 or more times per day
6
Missing
25
2.0
35
132
589
376
155
21
2.6
9.9
44.0
28.6
12.9
During the past 30 days, how often did you
wash your hands before eating?
Never
1
Rarely
2
Sometimes
3
Most of the time
4
Always
5
Missing
38
73
393
373
448
8
2.9
5.8
28.9
27.2
35.2
During the past 30 days, how often did you
wash your hands after using the toilet or
latrine?
Never
1
Rarely
2
Sometimes
3
Most of the time
4
Always
5
Missing
13
34
70
171
1,026
19
1.0
2.9
5.7
12.8
77.5
During the past 30 days, how often did you
use soap when washing your hands?
Never
1
Rarely
2
Sometimes
3
Most of the time
4
Always
5
Missing
35
59
367
331
510
31
3.0
4.7
28.6
25.1
38.7
3
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Name
37-37
Q13
38-38
39-39
Q14
Q15
Country
Question
Number
Q15
Q16
Q17
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
830
162
157
55
31
10
8
69
11
61.7
12.8
12.0
4.4
2.3
0.8
0.6
5.4
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
736
235
189
55
32
16
8
54
8
54.1
18.0
15.3
4.2
2.6
1.2
0.5
4.2
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
601
251
155
41
17
20
6
26
216
51.2
23.9
14.3
4.0
1.7
1.9
0.5
2.5
4
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Name
40-40
Q16
41-41
Q17
Country
Question
Number
Q18
Q19
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
during the past 12 months
Playing or training for a
2
sport
Walking or running, but not
3
as part of playing or training
for a sport
Riding a bicycle or scooter
4
Riding or driving in a car or
5
other motor vehicle
Doing any paid or unpaid
6
work, including housework,
yard work, or cooking
Nothing
7
Something else
8
Missing
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
during the past 12 months
I was in a motor vehicle
2
accident or hit by a motor
vehicle
I fell
3
Something fell on me or hit
4
me
I was fighting with someone
5
I was attacked, assaulted, or
6
abused by someone
I was in a fire or too near a
7
flame or something hot
Something else caused my
8
injury
Missing
Weighted
Percent
709
59.0
105
9.3
83
7.4
46
14
4.2
1.3
51
4.3
39
121
165
3.4
11.1
720
60.3
28
2.5
135
43
12.0
3.9
40
15
3.8
1.3
14
1.5
171
14.8
167
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Name
42-42
Q18
43-43
44-44
Q19
Q20
Country
Question
Number
Q20
Q21
Q22
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
During the past 12 months, what was the most
serious injury that happened to you?
I was not seriously injured
1
during the past 12 months
I had a broken bone or a
2
dislocated joint
I had a cut, puncture, or stab
3
wound
I had a concussion or other
4
head or neck injury, was
knocked out, or could not
breathe
I had a gunshot wound
5
I had a bad burn
6
I lost all or part of a foot,
7
leg, hand, or arm
Something else happened to
8
me
Missing
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
720
60.4
202
95
17.0
8.9
52
89
5.0
8.6
175
720
60.3
86
7.8
129
11.4
31
2.9
6
18
3
0.6
1.7
0.3
171
15.0
169
835
180
69
28
20
9
35
157
70.0
15.6
5.9
2.7
1.9
0.8
3.1
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Location Variable
Name
45-45
Q21
46-46
47-47
Q22
Q23
Country
Question
Number
Q23
Q26
Q27
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
During the past 30 days, how were you bullied
most often?
I was not bullied during the
1
past 30 days
I was hit, kicked, pushed,
2
shoved around, or locked
indoors
I was made fun of because
3
of my race or color
I was made fun of because
4
of my religion
I was made fun of with
5
sexual jokes, comments, or
gestures
I was left out of activities on
6
purpose or completely
ignored
I was made fun of because
7
of how my body or face
looks
I was bullied in some other
8
way
Missing
Weighted
Percent
815
69.8
63
6.2
26
2.3
16
1.6
33
2.5
17
1.4
55
4.9
125
11.3
183
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
430
166
491
148
63
35
33.8
12.0
38.4
11.0
4.7
During the past 12 months, how often have
you been so worried about something that you
could not sleep at night?
Never
1
Rarely
2
Sometimes
3
Most of the time
4
Always
5
Missing
551
203
387
133
48
11
41.8
14.8
29.7
9.8
3.8
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Location Variable
Name
48-48
Q24
49-49
50-50
51-51
52-52
Q25
Q26
Q27
Q28
Country
Question
Number
Q28
Q29
Q30
Q31
Q32
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
Weighted
Percent
372
920
41
29.4
70.6
During the past 12 months, did you ever
seriously consider attempting suicide?
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
255
1,019
59
19.0
81.0
During the past 12 months, did you make a
plan about how you would attempt suicide?
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
272
1,022
39
20.0
80.0
115
142
185
859
32
8.6
11.2
14.3
65.9
850
71.4
75
64
75
82
40
5
142
6.5
5.1
6.8
6.8
3.1
0.4
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
1
No
2
Missing
How many close friends do you have?
0
1
1
2
2
3
3 or more
4
Missing
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
8
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Name
53-53
Q29
54-54
55-55
56-56
Q30
Q31
Q32
Country
Question
Number
Q33
Q34
Q35
Q36
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
Weighted
Percent
1,159
56
18
14
7
3
5
71
91.5
4.5
1.5
1.2
0.6
0.3
0.3
During the past 30 days, on how many days
did you use any other form of tobacco, such as
cigars or raw tobacco?
0 days
1,223
1
1
or
2
days
47
2
3 to 5 days
15
3
6 to 9 days
11
4
10
to
19
days
6
5
20 to 29 days
4
6
All 30 days
14
7
Missing
13
During the past 12 months, have you ever
tried to stop smoking cigarettes?
I have never smoked
1
cigarettes
I did not smoke cigarettes
2
during the past 12 months
Yes
3
No
4
Missing
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
92.2
3.8
1.2
0.9
0.4
0.3
1.1
822
70.0
159
13.1
90
92
170
8.4
8.5
469
318
118
57
359
12
35.1
23.6
8.3
4.4
28.7
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Name
57-57
Q33
58-58
59-59
Q34
Q35
Country
Question
Number
Q37
Q41
Q42
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
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
during the past 30 days
Less than one drink
2
1 drink
3
2 drinks
4
3 drinks
5
4 drinks
6
5 or more drinks
7
Missing
Unweighted
Frequency
Weighted
Percent
934
165
30
68.7
12.9
2.5
30
159
15
2.7
13.1
533
327
116
64
48
13
24
208
48.6
28.6
10.1
5.6
4.0
1.1
2.1
521
46.6
208
172
111
49
19
66
187
17.9
15.1
9.3
3.9
1.7
5.5
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Name
60-60
Q36
61-61
62-62
Q37
Q38
Country
Question
Number
Q43
Q44
Q45
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
during the past 30 days
I bought it in a store, shop,
2
or from a street vendor
I gave someone else money
3
to buy it for me
I got it from my friends
4
I got it from home
5
I stole it
6
I made it myself
7
I got it some other way
8
Missing
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
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
1
1 or 2 times
2
3 to 9 times
3
10 or more times
4
Missing
Weighted
Percent
520
48.4
110
9.7
34
3.2
160
177
11
13
77
231
14.3
15.7
0.9
1.3
6.6
840
276
87
79
51
65.7
21.4
6.7
6.2
1,088
137
43
35
30
82.9
10.8
3.5
2.8
11
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Name
63-63
Q39
64-64
65-65
66-66
Q40
Q41
Q42
Country
Question
Number
Q47
Q48
Q49
Q50
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
Weighted
Percent
1,015
136
56
62
64
80.5
10.4
4.1
4.9
359
826
148
30.3
69.7
792
63.3
219
74
67
50
32
8
91
17.7
6.2
5.6
4.0
2.5
0.7
787
64.1
139
83
49
24
32
105
114
11.7
6.7
4.2
2.0
2.5
8.8
During your life, how many times have you
used drugs such as cocaine, marijuana,
tobacco, or hemp?
0 times
1
1 or 2 times
2
3 to 9 times
3
10 or more times
4
Missing
Have you ever had sexual intercourse?
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
How old were you when you had sexual
intercourse for the first time?
I have never had sexual
1
intercourse
11 years old or younger
2
12 years old
3
13 years old
4
14 years old
5
15 years old
6
16 years old or older
7
Missing
During your life, with how many people have
you had sexual intercourse?
I have never had sexual
1
intercourse
1 person
2
2 people
3
3 people
4
4 people
5
5 people
6
6 or more people
7
Missing
12
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Name
67-67
Q43
68-68
69-69
70-70
Q44
Q45
Q46
Country
Question
Number
Q51
Q52
Q55
Q56
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
Weighted
Percent
During the past 12 months, have you had
sexual intercourse?
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
335
934
64
27.0
73.0
737
59.9
281
181
134
24.5
15.5
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
527
218
122
97
63
40
19
174
73
41.8
17.8
9.9
7.8
4.9
3.2
1.5
13.1
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
524
235
119
92
45
54
27
140
97
42.4
19.5
9.6
7.2
3.9
4.4
2.2
10.8
The last time you had sexual intercourse, did
you or your partner use a condom ?
I have never had sexual
1
intercourse
Yes
2
No
3
Missing
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Location Variable
Name
71-71
Q47
72-72
73-73
Q48
Q49
Country
Question
Number
Q57
Q58
Q59
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
Weighted
Percent
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
hangout on the block, or at the game shop?
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
395
356
195
104
44
158
81
32.7
28.4
14.9
7.9
3.2
12.9
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
827
68
60
34
24
81
8
158
73
64.8
5.4
5.1
3.0
1.8
6.4
0.6
12.9
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
324
252
197
134
68
44
182
132
28.1
21.4
15.6
10.9
5.3
3.5
15.2
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Standard
Location Variable
Name
74-74
Q50
75-75
76-76
77-77
Q51
Q52
Q53
Country
Question
Number
Q61
Q62
Q63
Q64
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
Weighted
Percent
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
880
223
69
31
33
97
69.9
18.6
6.0
2.7
2.8
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
271
208
514
134
105
101
23.0
15.5
41.8
10.3
9.3
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
365
118
264
158
335
93
28.9
9.0
21.2
12.7
28.2
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
399
111
299
159
264
101
31.7
8.9
24.3
12.6
22.5
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Data
Standard
Location Variable
Name
78-78
Q54
146-146
147-147
148-148
149-149
QN6
QN7
QN8
QN9
Country
Question
Number
Q65
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
Weighted
Percent
311
127
270
204
305
116
25.1
10.2
23.1
16.3
25.3
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
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
88
1
No
1,235
2
Missing
10
Percentage of students who usually ate fruit,
such as mangoes, plumroses, plums, oranges,
or guavas one or more times per day during
the past 30 days
Yes
1,029
1
No
289
2
Missing
15
Percentage of students who usually ate
vegetables, such as pumpkin, tomatoes,
cucumber, beans, or carrots one or more times
per day during the past 30 days
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
Percentage of students who cleaned or
brushed their teeth less than 1 time per day
during the past 30 days
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
7.0
93.0
78.7
21.3
833
473
27
63.7
36.3
60
1,252
21
4.6
95.4
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Standard
Location Variable
Name
150-150
QN10
151-151
152-152
153-153
154-154
155-155
QN11
QN12
QN13
QN14
QN15
Country
Question
Number
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
Weighted
Percent
Percentage of students who never or rarely
washed their hands before eating during the
past 30 days
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
111
1,214
8
8.7
91.3
Percentage of students who never or rarely
washed their hands after using the toilet or
latrine during the past 30 days
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
47
1,267
19
3.9
96.1
Percentage of students who never or rarely
used soap when washing their hands during
the past 30 days
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
94
1,208
31
7.6
92.4
Percentage of students who were physically
attacked one or more times during the past 12
months
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
492
830
11
38.3
61.7
Percentage of students who were in a physical
fight one or more times during the past 12
months
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
589
736
8
45.9
54.1
Percentage of students who were seriously
injured one or more times during the past 12
months
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
516
601
216
48.8
51.2
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Standard
Location Variable
Name
156-156
QN16
157-157
158-158
159-159
160-160
QN17
QN18
QN19
QN20
Country
Question
Number
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
Weighted
Percent
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
1
No
2
Missing
102
407
824
19.8
80.2
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
135
370
828
26.4
73.6
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
201
291
841
37.8
62.2
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
1
No
2
Missing
85
423
825
16.8
83.2
Percentage of students who were bullied on
one or more days during the past 30 days
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
341
835
157
30.0
70.0
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Standard
Location Variable
Name
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
63
1
No
267
2
Missing
1,003
Percentage of students who felt lonely most of
the time or always during the past 12 months
Yes
211
1
No
1,087
2
Missing
35
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
181
1
No
1,141
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
372
920
41
Percentage of students who seriously
considered attempting suicide during the past
12 months
Yes
255
1
No
1,019
2
Missing
59
Percentage of students who made a plan about
how they would attempt suicide during the
past 12 months
Yes
272
1
No
1,022
2
Missing
39
Weighted
Percent
20.9
79.1
15.7
84.3
13.6
86.4
29.4
70.6
19.0
81.0
20.0
80.0
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Standard
Location Variable
Name
167-167
QN27
168-168
169-169
170-170
171-171
172-172
QN28
QN29
QN30
QN31
QN32
Country
Question
Number
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
Weighted
Percent
Percentage of students who have no close
friends
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
115
1,186
32
8.6
91.4
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
77
21
1,235
80.8
19.2
Percentage of students who smoked cigarettes
on one or more days during the past 30 days
Yes
103
1
1,159
No
2
Missing
71
Percentage of students who used any other
form of tobacco, such as cigars or raw tobacco
on one or more days during the past 30 days
Yes
97
1
1,223
No
2
Missing
13
Among students who smoked cigarettes
during the past 12 months, the percentage who
tried to stop smoking cigarettes
Yes
90
1
No
92
2
Missing
1,151
Percentage of students who reported people
smoking in their presence on one or more days
during the past 7 days
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
852
469
12
8.5
91.5
7.8
92.2
49.9
50.1
64.9
35.1
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Standard
Location Variable
Name
173-173
QN33
174-174
175-175
176-176
177-177
QN34
QN35
QN36
QN37
Country
Question
Number
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
Weighted
Percent
225
1,093
15
18.2
81.8
Percentage of students who had at least one
drink containing alcohol on one or more days
during the past 30 days
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
592
533
208
51.4
48.6
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
1
No
2
Missing
244
346
743
40.5
59.5
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
1
No
2
Missing
109
470
754
18.7
81.3
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
442
840
51
34.3
65.7
Percentage of students who have a parent or
guardian who uses any form of tobacco
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
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Standard
Location Variable
Name
178-178
QN38
179-179
180-180
181-181
182-182
183-183
QN39
QN40
QN41
QN42
QN43
Country
Question
Number
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
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
215
1
No
1,088
2
Missing
30
Percentage of students who used drugs, such
as cocaine, marijuana, tobacco, or hemp one
or more times during their life
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
Weighted
Percent
17.1
82.9
254
1,015
64
19.5
80.5
Percentage of students who have ever had
sexual intercourse
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
359
826
148
30.3
69.7
Percentage of students who had sexual
intercourse for the first time before age 13
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
293
949
91
23.9
76.1
Percentage of students who have had sexual
intercourse with two or more people during
their life
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
293
926
114
24.2
75.8
Percentage of students who had sexual
intercourse during the past 12 months
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
335
934
64
27.0
73.0
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Standard
Location Variable
Name
184-184
QN44
185-185
186-186
187-187
188-188
QN45
QN46
QN47
QN48
Country
Question
Number
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
Among students who had sexual intercourse
during the past 12 months, the percentage who
used a condom the last time they had sexual
intercourse
Yes
166
1
No
87
2
Missing
1,080
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
174
1
1,086
No
2
Missing
73
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
140
1
1,096
No
2
Missing
97
Weighted
Percent
65.9
34.1
13.1
86.9
10.8
89.2
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 hangout
on the block or at the game shop
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
501
751
81
38.9
61.1
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
827
433
73
64.8
35.2
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Standard
Location Variable
Name
189-189
QN49
190-190
191-191
192-192
193-193
194-194
QN50
QN51
QN52
QN53
QN54
Country
Question
Number
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
Weighted
Percent
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
773
428
132
65.1
34.9
Percentage of students who missed classes or
school without permission on one or more
days during the past 30 days
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
356
880
97
30.1
69.9
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
1
No
2
Missing
479
753
101
38.5
61.5
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
483
757
93
37.9
62.1
Percentage of students whose parents or
guardians never or rarely understood their
problems and worries during the past 30 days
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
510
722
101
40.6
59.4
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
1
No
2
Missing
438
779
116
35.3
64.7
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Country
Standard
Location Variable
Question
Number
Name
264-264
QNFRVGG
265-265
266-266
267-267
QNANYTBG
QNMINPAG
QNWKRDG
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
Percentage of students who ate fruits and
vegetables five or more times per day during
the past 30 days
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
478
822
33
Percentage of students who used any tobacco
on one or more of the past 30 days
Yes
127
1
No
1,127
2
Missing
79
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
1,038
189
106
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
1,081
1
110
No
2
Missing
142
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
37.8
62.2
10.7
89.3
85.3
14.7
90.8
9.2
25