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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
3
22
186
495
694
778
19
0.1
1.0
8.3
22.4
32.7
35.5
979
1,199
19
48.6
51.4
774
664
727
6
26
34.5
33.0
32.2
0.3
749
166
960
192
111
19
34.5
7.6
43.9
8.9
5.1
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?
Form 1
1
Form 2
2
Form 3
3
Some other form
4
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
Q6
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
1
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Name
31-31
Q7
32-32
33-33
Q8
Q9
Country
Question
Number
Q7
Q8
Q9
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
During the past 30 days, how many times per
day did you usually eat fruit, such as oranges,
apples, bananas, grapes, peaches, moretologa,
morula, mmopudu, or moretlwa?
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
cabbage, spinach, chomolia, rape, pumpkin,
butternut, morogo wa dinawa, rothwe, thepe,
lerotse, or makgomane?
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
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
Weighted
Percent
337
15.6
302
696
350
183
71
242
16
13.9
31.7
16.0
8.5
3.2
11.0
228
10.4
265
846
341
156
75
250
36
12.3
39.4
15.8
7.1
3.4
11.5
50
2.4
63
438
745
650
244
7
2.9
20.0
34.3
29.4
11.0
2
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Name
34-34
Q10
35-35
36-36
37-37
Q11
Q12
Q13
Country
Question
Number
Q10
Q11
Q12
Q13
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
49
49
316
392
1,351
40
2.3
2.3
14.6
18.1
62.6
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
79
55
411
412
1,225
15
3.7
2.5
18.7
19.0
56.1
During the past 30 days, how often did you use
soap when washing your hands?
228
Never
1
Rarely
144
2
Sometimes
1,050
3
Most of the time
356
4
Always
395
5
Missing
24
10.5
6.6
48.1
16.6
18.2
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
44.1
16.2
14.5
7.0
2.9
2.2
1.9
11.2
953
350
317
153
63
48
42
248
23
3
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38-38
Q14
39-39
Q15
Country
Question
Number
Q14
Q15
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
1,157
434
283
99
54
35
31
81
23
52.8
20.1
13.2
4.6
2.5
1.6
1.4
3.8
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
527
410
293
118
47
31
29
77
665
34.2
26.7
19.2
7.8
3.0
2.0
1.9
5.2
4
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Name
40-40
Q16
41-41
Q17
Country
Question
Number
Q16
Q17
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
525
34.3
321
21.5
154
10.0
171
31
11.6
2.1
148
9.2
91
79
677
5.9
5.4
522
34.3
94
6.2
281
170
18.8
11.1
83
80
5.5
5.3
92
5.9
191
12.9
684
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Name
42-42
Q18
43-43
44-44
Q19
Q20
Country
Question
Number
Q18
Q19
Q20
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
526
34.7
329
219
22.1
14.8
223
213
14.5
14.0
687
525
34.2
226
15.0
301
20.1
90
5.8
31
128
41
2.1
8.1
2.7
185
12.0
670
865
481
201
77
64
44
110
355
46.6
26.1
11.1
4.1
3.5
2.4
6.1
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Name
45-45
Q21
46-46
47-47
Q22
Q23
Country
Question
Number
Q21
Q22
Q23
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 of
3
my race or color
I was made fun of because of
4
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 of
7
how my body or face looks
I was bullied in some other
8
way
Missing
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
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
Weighted
Percent
897
46.5
229
12.0
118
6.2
102
5.3
92
4.8
63
3.2
167
8.8
247
13.0
282
597
182
1,001
251
124
42
27.5
8.5
46.7
11.6
5.7
693
197
835
275
151
46
32.3
9.3
38.6
12.7
7.0
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Name
48-48
Q24
49-49
50-50
51-51
52-52
Q25
Q26
Q27
Q28
Country
Question
Number
Q24
Q25
Q26
Q27
Q28
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
909
1
No
1,232
2
Missing
56
Weighted
Percent
42.3
57.7
During the past 12 months, did you ever
seriously consider attempting suicide?
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
500
1,645
52
23.1
76.9
During the past 12 months, did you make a
plan about how you would attempt suicide?
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
611
1,465
121
29.4
70.6
308
737
610
513
29
14.1
33.5
28.1
24.3
1,664
83.5
45
42
47
51
61
64
223
2.4
2.2
2.6
2.8
3.2
3.3
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
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53-53
Q29
54-54
55-55
56-56
Q30
Q31
Q32
Country
Question
Number
Q29
Q30
Q31
Q32
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
1,916
61
18
17
14
21
26
124
During the past 30 days, on how many days
did you use any other form of tobacco, such as
snuff, chewing tobacco, cigarettes, or zolo?
0 days
1,912
1
1
or
2
days
114
2
3 to 5 days
52
3
6 to 9 days
20
4
10
to
19
days
14
5
20 to 29 days
24
6
All 30 days
53
7
Missing
8
Weighted
Percent
92.2
3.0
0.9
0.9
0.7
1.0
1.3
87.3
5.2
2.4
0.9
0.6
1.2
2.4
During the past 12 months, have you ever tried
to stop smoking cigarettes?
I have never smoked
1,449
1
cigarettes
I did not smoke cigarettes
239
2
during the past 12 months
Yes
145
3
No
154
4
Missing
210
12.2
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
53.0
18.5
8.0
4.7
15.8
1,145
401
167
96
336
52
72.4
7.5
7.9
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57-57
Q33
58-58
59-59
Q34
Q35
Country
Question
Number
Q33
Q35
Q36
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
776
383
98
35.5
17.8
4.5
81
836
23
3.7
38.4
1,400
224
66
34
28
23
30
392
77.5
12.3
3.7
2.0
1.6
1.2
1.6
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
1,374
1
during the past 30 days
Less than one drink
134
2
1 drink
123
3
2 drinks
64
4
3
drinks
35
5
4 drinks
18
6
5 or more drinks
64
7
Missing
385
75.8
7.5
6.6
3.6
1.9
1.0
3.6
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60-60
Q36
61-61
62-62
63-63
Q37
Q38
Q39
Country
Question
Number
Q37
Q41
Q42
Q43
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
1,373
1
during the past 30 days
I bought it in a store, shop,
54
2
or from a street vendor
I gave someone else money
84
3
to buy it for me
I got it from my friends
148
4
I got it from home
64
5
I stole it
13
6
I made it myself
20
7
I
got
it
some
other
way
23
8
Missing
418
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
1,675
314
101
75
32
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
1,795
1
1 or 2 times
246
2
3 to 9 times
61
3
10
or
more
times
82
4
Missing
13
During your life, how many times have you
used drugs glue, benzene, marijuana, cocaine,
or mandrax?
0 times
1,995
1
1 or 2 times
91
2
3 to 9 times
48
3
10 or more times
51
4
Missing
12
Weighted
Percent
77.2
3.0
4.8
8.3
3.5
0.7
1.1
1.3
77.0
14.6
4.8
3.5
81.9
11.2
3.0
3.9
90.9
4.5
2.3
2.4
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64-64
Q40
65-65
66-66
67-67
68-68
Q41
Q42
Q43
Q44
Country
Question
Number
Q49
Q50
Q51
Q53
Q57
Question
Code and Label
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
Unweighted
Frequency
366
1,208
623
23.6
76.4
1,209
74.8
100
36
41
58
77
86
590
6.6
2.3
2.6
3.7
4.8
5.2
During your life, with how many people have
you had sexual intercourse?
I have never had sexual
1,232
1
intercourse
1 person
201
2
2 people
61
3
3 people
40
4
4
people
25
5
5 people
15
6
6 or more people
45
7
Missing
578
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 or CD?
I have never had sexual
1
intercourse
Yes
2
No
3
Missing
Weighted
Percent
75.7
12.4
3.8
2.5
1.7
1.0
2.9
205
1,709
283
10.9
89.1
1,212
75.7
269
111
605
16.9
7.3
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69-69
Q45
70-70
71-71
Q46
Q47
Country
Question
Number
Q74
Q75
Q76
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
872
336
219
174
83
139
50
251
73
40.6
15.7
10.3
8.4
3.9
6.7
2.3
12.0
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
907
393
259
155
106
119
40
198
20
41.3
18.1
11.9
7.1
4.9
5.6
1.8
9.3
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
listening to the radio, dikeko, morabaraba,
playing cards, or chess.
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
775
639
344
146
79
168
46
35.7
29.7
16.0
7.1
3.6
7.9
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Name
72-72
Q48
73-73
74-74
Q49
Q50
Country
Question
Number
Q77
Q78
Q79
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
1,076
1
1 day
177
2
2 days
133
3
3
days
71
4
4 days
42
5
5 days
152
6
6 days
135
7
7 days
334
8
Missing
77
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
50.3
8.4
6.5
3.4
2.0
7.1
6.3
15.9
745
422
286
207
103
62
329
43
34.5
19.7
13.4
9.8
4.7
2.8
15.0
1,629
306
103
53
58
48
75.3
14.5
5.0
2.5
2.7
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Location Variable
Name
75-75
Q51
76-76
77-77
78-78
Q52
Q53
Q54
Country
Question
Number
Q80
Q81
Q82
Q83
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
445
147
865
332
343
65
20.8
6.9
40.7
15.6
15.9
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
536
141
570
321
598
31
24.9
6.8
26.3
14.8
27.2
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
592
152
664
315
434
40
27.5
7.1
30.7
14.6
20.0
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
528
151
666
301
476
75
24.9
7.4
31.4
14.1
22.2
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Location Variable
Name
146-146
QN6
147-147
148-148
149-149
150-150
QN7
QN8
QN9
QN10
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
303
1
No
1,875
2
Missing
19
Percentage of students who usually ate fruit,
such as oranges, apples, bananas, grapes,
peaches, moretologa, morula, mmopudu, or
moretlwa one or more times per day during the
past 30 days
Yes
1,542
1
No
639
2
Missing
16
Percentage of students who usually ate
vegetables, such as cabbage, spinach,
chomolia, rape, pumpkin, butternut, morogo
wa dinawa, rothwe, thepe, lerotse, or
makgomane one or more times per day during
the past 30 days
Yes
1,668
1
No
493
2
Missing
36
Weighted
Percent
14.0
86.0
70.4
29.6
77.3
22.7
Percentage of students who did not clean or
brush their teeth during the past 30 days
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
50
2,140
7
2.4
97.6
Percentage of students who never or rarely
washed their hands before eating during the
past 30 days
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
98
2,059
40
4.6
95.4
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Location Variable
Name
151-151
QN11
152-152
153-153
154-154
155-155
156-156
QN12
QN13
QN14
QN15
QN16
Country
Question
Number
Question
Code and Label
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
Unweighted
Frequency
134
2,048
15
Percentage of students who never or rarely
used soap when washing their hands during the
past 30 days
Yes
372
1
No
1,801
2
Missing
24
Percentage of students who were physically
attacked one or more times during the past 12
months
Yes
1,221
1
953
No
2
Missing
23
Percentage of students who were in a physical
fight one or more times during the past 12
months
Yes
1,017
1
1,157
No
2
Missing
23
Percentage of students who were seriously
injured one or more times during the past 12
months
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
1,005
527
665
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
319
1
No
672
2
Missing
1,206
Weighted
Percent
6.2
93.8
17.1
82.9
55.9
44.1
47.2
52.8
65.8
34.2
32.7
67.3
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Location Variable
Name
157-157
QN17
158-158
159-159
160-160
161-161
162-162
QN18
QN19
QN20
QN21
QN22
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 was the result of a
fall
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
280
708
1,209
28.6
71.4
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
327
653
1,217
33.7
66.3
Among students who were seriously injured
during the past 12 months, the percentage who
had a broken bone or dislocated joint as their
most serious injury
Yes
225
1
No
772
2
Missing
1,200
Percentage of students who were bullied on
one or more days during the past 30 days
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
977
865
355
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
210
1
No
764
2
Missing
1,223
Percentage of students who felt lonely most of
the time or always during the past 12 months
Yes
375
1
No
1,780
2
Missing
42
22.8
77.2
53.4
46.6
21.6
78.4
17.3
82.7
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Location Variable
Name
163-163
QN23
164-164
165-165
166-166
167-167
168-168
QN24
QN25
QN26
QN27
QN28
Country
Question
Number
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
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
426
1
No
1,725
2
Missing
46
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
909
1,232
56
Percentage of students who seriously
considered attempting suicide during the past
12 months
Yes
500
1
1,645
No
2
Missing
52
Percentage of students who made a plan about
how they would attempt suicide during the past
12 months
Yes
611
1
1,465
No
2
Missing
121
Weighted
Percent
19.7
80.3
42.3
57.7
23.1
76.9
29.4
70.6
Percentage of students who have no close
friends
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
308
1,860
29
14.1
85.9
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
64
75
2,058
47.4
52.6
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Location Variable
Name
169-169
QN29
170-170
171-171
172-172
173-173
174-174
QN30
QN31
QN32
QN33
QN34
Country
Question
Number
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
Percentage of students who smoked cigarettes
on one or more days during the past 30 days
Yes
157
1
No
1,916
2
Missing
124
Percentage of students who used any other
form of tobacco, such as snuff, chewing
tobacco, cigarettes, or zolo on one or more
days during the past 30 days
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
277
1,912
8
Among students who smoked cigarettes during
the past 12 months, the percentage who tried to
stop smoking cigarettes
Yes
145
1
154
No
2
Missing
1,898
Percentage of students who reported people
smoking in their presence on one or more days
during the past 7 days
Yes
1,000
1
1,145
No
2
Missing
52
Percentage of students who have a parent or
guardian who uses any form of tobacco
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
562
1,612
23
Percentage of students who had at least one
drink containing alcohol on one or more days
during the past 30 days
Yes
405
1
No
1,400
2
Missing
392
Weighted
Percent
7.8
92.2
12.7
87.3
48.5
51.5
47.0
53.0
26.1
73.9
22.5
77.5
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Location Variable
Name
175-175
QN35
176-176
177-177
178-178
179-179
QN36
QN37
QN38
QN39
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 drank two or more
drinks per day on the days they drank alcohol
during the past 30 days
Yes
178
1
No
223
2
Missing
1,796
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
54
1
No
347
2
Missing
1,796
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
490
1,675
32
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
389
1
No
1,795
2
Missing
13
Percentage of students who used drugs, such as
glue, benzene, marijuana, cocaine, or mandrax
one or more times during their life
Yes
190
1
No
1,995
2
Missing
12
Weighted
Percent
44.9
55.1
13.5
86.5
23.0
77.0
18.1
81.9
9.1
90.9
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Location Variable
Name
180-180
QN40
181-181
182-182
183-183
184-184
185-185
QN41
QN42
QN43
QN44
QN45
Country
Question
Number
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
Weighted
Percent
Percentage of students who have ever had
sexual intercourse
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
366
1,208
623
23.6
76.4
Percentage of students who had sexual
intercourse for the first time before age 13
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
136
1,471
590
8.9
91.1
Percentage of students who have had sexual
intercourse with two or more people during
their life
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
186
1,433
578
12.0
88.0
Percentage of students who had sexual
intercourse during the past 12 months
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
205
1,709
283
10.9
89.1
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
162
1
No
40
2
Missing
1,995
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
251
1
No
1,873
2
Missing
73
79.3
20.7
12.0
88.0
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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
198
1
No
1,979
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 listening to the
radio, dikeko, morabaraba, playing cards, or
chess
Yes
737
1
No
1,414
2
Missing
46
Weighted
Percent
9.3
90.7
34.6
65.4
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
1,076
1,044
77
50.3
49.7
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
1,453
701
43
67.7
32.3
Percentage of students who missed classes or
school without permission on one or more days
during the past 30 days
Yes
520
1
No
1,629
2
Missing
48
24.7
75.3
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Location Variable
Name
191-191
QN51
192-192
193-193
194-194
264-264
265-265
QN52
QN53
QN54
QNFRVGG
QNANYTBG
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
592
1
No
1,540
2
Missing
65
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
677
1,489
31
Percentage of students whose parents or
guardians never or rarely understood their
problems and worries during the past 30 days
Yes
744
1
1,413
No
2
Missing
40
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
679
1
No
1,443
2
Missing
75
Percentage of students who ate fruits and
vegetables five or more times per day during
the past 30 days
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
591
1,562
44
Percentage of students who used any tobacco
on one or more of the past 30 days
Yes
255
1
No
1,813
2
Missing
129
Weighted
Percent
27.7
72.3
31.7
68.3
34.6
65.4
32.3
67.7
27.4
72.6
12.5
87.5
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Standard
Location Variable
Question
Number
Name
266-266
QNMINPAG
267-267
QNWKRDG
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
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
1,810
305
82
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
1,724
1
No
369
2
Missing
104
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
85.3
14.7
82.5
17.5
25