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Standard
Location Variable
Name
1-3
SITE
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
Weighted
Percent
6
510
862
756
754
501
17
0.1
10.9
21.7
23.4
25.3
18.6
What is your sex?
Male
1
Female
2
Missing
1,532
1,861
13
45.2
54.8
In what grade are you?
1 CB
1
2 CB
2
3 CB
3
1 BD
4
Missing
1,292
748
771
543
52
28.9
25.5
23.7
21.9
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
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
20-23
Q4
Q5
How tall are you without your shoes on?
(Note: Data are in meters.)
24-29
Q5
Q6
How much do you weigh without your shoes
on? (Note: Data are in kilograms.)
30-30
Q6
Q7
During the past 30 days, how often did you go
hungry because there was not enough food in
your home?
Never
2,734
1
Rarely
446
2
Sometimes
167
3
Most of the time
18
4
Always
34
5
Missing
7
80.1
13.5
5.0
0.5
1.0
1
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Name
31-31
Q7
32-32
33-33
Q8
Q9
Country
Question
Number
Q8
Q9
Q13
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
During the past 30 days, how many times per
day did you usually eat fruit, such as apples,
bananas, or oranges?
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
Weighted
Percent
201
6.0
633
912
783
502
132
219
24
19.3
26.7
22.8
15.0
3.7
6.4
During the past 30 days, how many times per
day did you usually eat vegetables, such as
COUNTRY SPECIFIC EXAMPLES?
I did not eat vegetables
199
1
during the past 30 days
Less than one time per day
596
2
1 time per day
1,178
3
2 times per day
1,011
4
3
times
per
day
187
5
4 times per day
68
6
5 or more times per day
153
7
Missing
14
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
27
1
teeth during the past 30 days
Less than 1 time per day
51
2
1 time per day
315
3
2 times per day
948
4
3 times per day
1,299
5
4 or more times per day
734
6
Missing
32
5.4
17.3
35.2
30.1
5.5
2.0
4.5
0.7
1.5
9.1
27.7
39.1
21.9
2
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Name
34-34
Q10
35-35
36-36
37-37
Q11
Q12
Q13
Country
Question
Number
Q14
Q15
Q16
Q17
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
Weighted
Percent
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
94
243
539
909
1,572
49
2.7
7.3
16.1
27.4
46.5
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
52
123
291
668
2,248
24
1.7
3.5
8.2
19.6
67.0
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
21
46
141
505
2,653
40
0.7
1.5
4.0
15.2
78.5
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
2,723
287
188
57
36
19
7
55
34
80.9
8.2
5.7
1.8
1.1
0.6
0.2
1.6
3
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Name
38-38
Q14
39-39
Q15
Country
Question
Number
Q18
Q19
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
2,324
479
328
99
48
28
21
77
2
68.6
13.6
9.9
2.8
1.4
0.9
0.6
2.1
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
2,323
519
204
51
21
6
4
16
262
73.9
16.6
6.4
1.6
0.6
0.2
0.1
0.5
4
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Name
40-40
Q16
41-41
Q17
Country
Question
Number
Q20
Q21
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
2,483
1
during the past 12 months
Playing or training for a
395
2
sport
Walking or running, but not
46
3
as part of playing or training
for a sport
Riding a bicycle or scooter
78
4
Riding or driving in a car or
38
5
other motor vehicle
Doing any paid or unpaid
25
6
work, including housework,
yard work, or cooking
Nothing
28
7
Something else
153
8
Missing
160
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
76.4
12.1
1.4
2.4
1.2
0.9
0.9
4.7
2,485
77.1
56
1.9
253
68
7.8
2.0
42
17
1.3
0.5
6
0.2
298
9.2
181
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Name
42-42
Q18
43-43
44-44
Q19
Q20
Country
Question
Number
Q22
Q23
Q24
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
2,521
78.5
460
137
14.0
4.3
43
57
1.5
1.8
188
During the past 12 months, what was the most
serious injury that happened to you?
I was not seriously injured
2,524
1
during the past 12 months
I had a broken bone or a
235
2
dislocated joint
I had a cut, puncture, or stab
53
3
wound
I had a concussion or other
50
4
head or neck injury, was
knocked out, or could not
breathe
I had a gunshot wound
1
5
I
had
a
bad
burn
13
6
I lost all or part of a foot,
5
7
leg, hand, or arm
Something else happened to
333
8
me
Missing
192
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
2,509
447
119
47
36
17
48
183
78.6
7.3
1.6
1.6
0.0
0.4
0.1
10.4
78.2
13.4
3.8
1.5
1.1
0.6
1.5
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Name
45-45
Q21
46-46
47-47
Q22
Q23
Country
Question
Number
Q25
Q29
Q30
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
During the past 30 days, how were you bullied
most often?
I was not bullied during the
2,513
1
past 30 days
I was hit, kicked, pushed,
53
2
shoved around, or locked
indoors
I was made fun of because
31
3
of my race or color
I was made fun of because
8
4
of my religion
I was made fun of with
123
5
sexual jokes, comments, or
gestures
I was left out of activities on
53
6
purpose or completely
ignored
I was made fun of because
190
7
of how my body or face
looks
I was bullied in some other
250
8
way
Missing
185
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
1,402
1,008
735
170
57
34
During the past 12 months, how often have
you been so worried about something that you
could not sleep at night?
1,298
Never
1
Rarely
1,094
2
Sometimes
815
3
Most of the time
157
4
Always
39
5
Missing
3
Weighted
Percent
78.3
1.7
1.0
0.2
4.0
1.5
5.9
7.4
40.4
30.3
22.4
5.3
1.7
37.3
32.2
24.6
4.8
1.1
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Name
48-48
Q24
51-51
52-52
53-53
Q27
Q28
Q29
Country
Question
Number
Q32
Q33
Q38
Q39
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
Weighted
Percent
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
589
2,764
53
17.8
82.2
How many close friends do you have?
0
1
1
2
2
3
3 or more
4
Missing
95
221
441
2,633
16
3.0
6.7
13.2
77.1
2,003
63.0
42
77
164
485
247
16
372
1.5
2.7
5.6
17.3
9.3
0.6
2,724
154
75
68
62
53
152
118
81.0
5.0
2.4
2.2
2.0
1.8
5.5
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
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
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Name
54-54
Q30
55-55
56-56
57-57
Q31
Q32
Q33
Country
Question
Number
Q40
Q41
Q42
Q43
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
During the past 30 days, on how many days
did you use any other form of tobacco, such as
pipe?
0 days
3,168
1
1 or 2 days
94
2
3 to 5 days
54
3
6
to
9
days
30
4
10 to 19 days
22
5
20 to 29 days
13
6
All
30
days
16
7
Missing
9
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
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
Weighted
Percent
92.2
3.1
1.9
1.0
0.8
0.5
0.5
2,012
64.1
335
12.2
378
275
406
13.8
10.0
804
844
411
207
1,121
19
21.2
24.3
12.4
6.4
35.7
1,910
615
418
55.4
18.5
12.5
397
57
9
12.0
1.6
9
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Name
58-58
Q34
59-59
60-60
Q35
Q36
Country
Question
Number
Q47
Q48
Q49
Question
Code and Label
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
1,385
846
372
234
174
50
30
315
40.5
28.2
13.2
8.6
6.7
1.9
0.9
1,350
39.0
387
342
267
234
155
383
288
12.5
11.6
9.3
8.3
5.1
14.2
During the past 30 days, how did you usually
get the alcohol you drank?
I did not drink alcohol
1,350
1
during the past 30 days
I bought it in a store, shop,
690
2
or from a street vendor
I gave someone else money
44
3
to buy it for me
I got it from my friends
309
4
I got it from home
365
5
I
stole
it
17
6
I made it myself
24
7
I got it some other way
254
8
Missing
353
39.9
26.2
1.6
10.9
11.8
0.5
0.8
8.2
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Name
61-61
Q37
62-62
63-63
64-64
Q38
Q39
Q40
Country
Question
Number
Q50
Q51
Q53
Q56
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
Weighted
Percent
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
2,339
627
255
140
45
66.7
19.7
9.0
4.7
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
2,755
429
122
90
10
79.2
13.7
4.2
2.8
During your life, how many times have you
used drugs such as marijuana?
0 times
1
1 or 2 times
2
3 to 9 times
3
10 or more times
4
Missing
3,072
126
68
92
48
90.1
4.3
2.3
3.3
Have you ever had sexual intercourse?
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
762
2,331
313
28.5
71.5
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Name
65-65
Q41
66-66
67-67
68-68
Q42
Q43
Q44
Country
Question
Number
Q57
Q58
Q59
Q60
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
Weighted
Percent
2,314
67.8
120
116
186
239
192
56
183
3.5
3.8
6.5
8.9
7.2
2.3
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
2,316
1
intercourse
1 person
418
2
2 people
167
3
3 people
100
4
4
people
53
5
5 people
34
6
6 or more people
119
7
Missing
199
During the past 12 months, have you had
sexual intercourse?
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
The last time you had sexual intercourse, did
you or your partner use a condom
preservative, or covers?
I have never had sexual
1
intercourse
Yes
2
No
3
Missing
68.3
14.5
5.9
3.9
2.0
1.3
4.2
956
2,402
48
31.8
68.2
2,289
68.1
738
155
224
26.7
5.2
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Name
69-69
Q45
70-70
71-71
Q46
Q47
Country
Question
Number
Q65
Q66
Q67
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
620
372
678
409
247
245
172
623
40
19.0
10.9
19.8
12.2
6.9
7.4
5.4
18.4
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
612
402
752
415
229
256
165
555
20
18.6
11.5
22.0
12.3
6.4
7.8
5.2
16.2
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
drinking “mate’” (hot infusion prepared with a
natural herb named yerba)?
Less than 1 hour per day
530
1
1
to
2
hours
per
day
1,153
2
3 to 4 hours per day
1,033
3
5 to 6 hours per day
400
4
7 to 8 hours per day
116
5
More than 8 hours per day
145
6
Missing
29
15.1
33.8
30.8
12.4
3.5
4.4
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Name
72-72
Q48
73-73
74-74
Q49
Q50
Country
Question
Number
Q69
Q70
Q72
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
856
1
1 day
152
2
2 days
129
3
3
days
123
4
4 days
96
5
5 days
290
6
6 days
414
7
7 days
1,316
8
Missing
30
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
920
1
10 to 19 minutes per day
1,086
2
20 to 29 minutes per day
532
3
30
to
39
minutes
per
day
395
4
40 to 49 minutes per day
180
5
50 to 59 minutes per day
83
6
60 or more minutes per day
165
7
Missing
45
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
2,476
596
174
56
76
28
Weighted
Percent
24.5
4.5
3.9
3.5
2.9
8.1
13.0
39.6
26.2
32.0
15.8
12.1
5.5
2.7
5.6
70.4
19.6
5.9
1.8
2.4
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Data
Standard
Location Variable
Name
75-75
Q51
76-76
77-77
78-78
Q52
Q53
Q54
Country
Question
Number
Q73
Q74
Q75
Q76
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
During the past 30 days, how often were most
of the students in your school kind and
helpful?
Never
178
1
Rarely
316
2
Sometimes
732
3
Most
of
the
time
1,151
4
Always
990
5
Missing
39
Weighted
Percent
5.4
9.8
21.7
34.0
29.0
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
732
487
580
659
881
67
22.6
15.1
17.9
19.6
24.8
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
422
347
542
745
1,311
39
13.0
10.8
17.0
22.3
36.9
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
327
290
487
794
1,457
51
9.6
9.2
14.9
24.3
42.0
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Data
Standard
Location Variable
Name
146-146
QN6
147-147
148-148
149-149
150-150
151-151
QN7
QN8
QN9
QN10
QN11
Country
Question
Number
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
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
52
1
No
3,347
2
Missing
7
Weighted
Percent
1.4
98.6
Percentage of students who usually ate fruit,
such as apples, bananas, or oranges one or
more times per day during the past 30 days
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
2,548
834
24
74.7
25.3
Percentage of students who usually ate
vegetables one or more times per day during
the past 30 days
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
2,597
795
14
77.3
22.7
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
78
3,296
32
2.2
97.8
Percentage of students who never or rarely
washed their hands before eating during the
past 30 days
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
337
3,020
49
10.1
89.9
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
175
3,207
24
5.2
94.8
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Data
Standard
Location Variable
Name
152-152
QN12
153-153
154-154
155-155
156-156
157-157
QN13
QN14
QN15
QN16
QN17
Country
Question
Number
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
Weighted
Percent
67
3,299
40
2.2
97.8
Percentage of students who never or rarely
used soap when washing their hands during
the past 30 days
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
Percentage of students who were physically
attacked one or more times during the past 12
months
Yes
649
1
No
2,723
2
Missing
34
Percentage of students who were in a physical
fight one or more times during the past 12
months
Yes
1,080
1
2,324
No
2
Missing
2
Percentage of students who were seriously
injured one or more times during the past 12
months
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
821
2,323
262
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
394
1
No
421
2
Missing
2,591
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
253
564
2,589
19.1
80.9
31.4
68.6
26.1
73.9
47.9
52.1
30.6
69.4
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Data
Standard
Location Variable
Name
158-158
QN18
159-159
160-160
161-161
162-162
163-163
QN19
QN20
QN21
QN22
QN23
Country
Question
Number
Question
Code and Label
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
Unweighted
Frequency
Weighted
Percent
460
341
2,605
56.3
43.7
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
235
1
No
576
2
Missing
2,595
Percentage of students who were bullied on
one or more days during the past 30 days
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
714
2,509
183
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
52
1
No
653
2
Missing
2,701
Percentage of students who felt lonely most of
the time or always during the past 12 months
Yes
227
1
No
3,145
2
Missing
34
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
196
1
No
3,207
2
Missing
3
28.9
71.1
21.8
78.2
7.8
92.2
7.0
93.0
5.9
94.1
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Data
Standard
Location Variable
Name
164-164
QN24
167-167
168-168
169-169
170-170
171-171
QN27
QN28
QN29
QN30
QN31
Country
Question
Number
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
Weighted
Percent
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
589
2,764
53
17.8
82.2
Percentage of students who have no close
friends
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
95
3,295
16
3.0
97.0
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
427
131
2,848
76.0
24.0
Percentage of students who smoked cigarettes
on one or more days during the past 30 days
Yes
564
1
No
2,724
2
Missing
118
Percentage of students who used any other
form of tobacco, such as pipe on one or more
days during the past 30 days
Yes
229
1
No
3,168
2
Missing
9
Among students who smoked cigarettes
during the past 12 months, the percentage who
tried to stop smoking cigarettes
Yes
378
1
No
275
2
Missing
2,753
19.0
81.0
7.8
92.2
57.9
42.1
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Data
Standard
Location Variable
Name
172-172
QN32
173-173
174-174
175-175
176-176
QN33
QN34
QN35
QN36
Country
Question
Number
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
Percentage of students who reported people
smoking in their presence on one or more days
during the past 7 days
Yes
2,583
1
No
804
2
Missing
19
Percentage of students who have a parent or
guardian who uses any form of tobacco
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
1,430
1,967
9
Percentage of students who had at least one
drink containing alcohol on one or more days
during the past 30 days
Yes
1,706
1
1,385
No
2
Missing
315
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
1,034
1
No
667
2
Missing
1,705
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
688
1
No
1,002
2
Missing
1,716
Weighted
Percent
78.8
21.2
43.0
57.0
59.5
40.5
62.6
37.4
43.7
56.3
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Data
Standard
Location Variable
Name
177-177
QN37
178-178
179-179
180-180
181-181
182-182
QN38
QN39
QN40
QN41
QN42
Country
Question
Number
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
Weighted
Percent
1,022
2,339
45
33.3
66.7
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
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
641
1
No
2,755
2
Missing
10
20.8
79.2
Percentage of students who used drugs, such
as marijuana one or more times during their
life
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
286
3,072
48
9.9
90.1
Percentage of students who have ever had
sexual intercourse
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
762
2,331
313
28.5
71.5
Percentage of students who had sexual
intercourse for the first time before age 13
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
236
2,987
183
7.3
92.7
Percentage of students who have had sexual
intercourse with two or more people during
their life
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
473
2,734
199
17.2
82.8
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Data
Standard
Location Variable
Name
183-183
QN43
184-184
185-185
186-186
187-187
QN44
QN45
QN46
QN47
Country
Question
Number
Question
Code and Label
Percentage of students who had sexual
intercourse during the past 12 months
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
Unweighted
Frequency
Weighted
Percent
956
2,402
48
31.8
68.2
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
598
1
No
101
2
Missing
2,707
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
623
1
2,743
No
2
Missing
40
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
555
1
2,831
No
2
Missing
20
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 drinking
"mate" (hot infusion prepared with a natural
herb named yerba)
Yes
1,694
1
No
1,683
2
Missing
29
86.5
13.5
18.4
81.6
16.2
83.8
51.1
48.9
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Data
Standard
Location Variable
Name
188-188
QN48
189-189
190-190
191-191
192-192
193-193
QN49
QN50
QN51
QN52
QN53
Country
Question
Number
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
Weighted
Percent
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
856
2,520
30
24.5
75.5
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
2,538
823
45
74.1
25.9
Percentage of students who missed classes or
school without permission on one or more
days during the past 30 days
Yes
902
1
2,476
No
2
Missing
28
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
494
1
2,873
No
2
Missing
39
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
1,219
2,120
67
Percentage of students whose parents or
guardians never or rarely understood their
problems and worries during the past 30 days
Yes
769
1
No
2,598
2
Missing
39
29.6
70.4
15.2
84.8
37.6
62.4
23.8
76.2
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Data
Standard
Location Variable
Name
194-194
QN54
262-262
263-263
264-264
265-265
266-266
Country
Question
Number
QNROVWTG
QNOVWTG
QNFRVGG
QNANYTBG
QNMINPAG
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
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
617
1
No
2,738
2
Missing
51
Weighted
Percent
18.8
81.2
Percentage of students who are at risk for
becoming overweight*
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
394
2,275
737
14.8
85.2
Percentage of students who are overweight*
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
59
2,610
737
2.2
97.8
Percentage of students who ate fruits and
vegetables five or more times per day during
the past 30 days
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
765
2,606
35
22.6
77.4
Percentage of students who used any tobacco
on one or more of the past 30 days
Yes
586
1
No
2,695
2
Missing
125
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
2,432
925
49
19.8
80.2
72.0
28.0
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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
2,674
1
No
669
2
Missing
63
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
78.5
21.5
25