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Standard
Location Variable
Name
1-3
SITE
4-13
SCHOOL
14-16
CLASS
17-17
Q1
18-18
19-19
Q2
Q3
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
6
52
297
496
458
271
49
0.4
3.3
18.4
30.4
29.1
18.4
What is your sex?
Male
1
Female
2
Missing
642
975
12
43.1
56.9
In what grade are you?
Class 7
1
Class 8
2
Form 1
3
Form 2
4
Missing
724
678
85
127
15
43.8
40.8
6.1
9.3
699
122
553
169
59
27
44.0
7.7
34.3
10.2
3.7
Country
Question
Number
Site Code
School Codes
Class Codes
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.)
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
32-32
34-34
Q7
Q8
Q10
Country
Question
Number
Question
Code and Label
Q7
During the past 30 days, how many times per day
did you usually eat fruit, such as bananas,
oranges, mangoes, avocadoes, guavas, pawpaws,
or berries?
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
Q8
Q15
Unweighted
Frequency
Weighted
Percent
211
13.3
348
457
225
172
37
137
42
22.4
29.0
13.9
10.7
2.3
8.4
During the past 30 days, how many times per day
did you usually eat vegetables, such as sukuma
wiki, spinach, cabbages, managu, saghet, or
murere?
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
93
5.7
243
514
420
129
49
142
39
15.6
32.5
26.5
8.0
2.9
8.8
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
67
78
325
293
831
35
4.3
5.1
20.5
18.6
51.5
2
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Location Variable
Name
35-35
36-36
Q11
Q12
Country
Question
Number
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
Weighted
Percent
Q16
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
121
61
317
259
811
60
7.7
4.0
20.1
16.6
51.6
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
104
123
625
277
441
59
6.9
8.0
39.7
17.7
27.8
Q17
37-37
Q13
Q19
During the past 12 months, how many times were
you physically attacked?
Missing
1,629
38-38
Q14
Q20
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
799
280
235
95
35
21
15
81
68
51.4
17.6
15.1
6.0
2.3
1.3
0.9
5.3
3
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39-39
40-40
Q15
Q16
Country
Question
Number
Question
Code and Label
Q21
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
Q22
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
Unweighted
Frequency
Weighted
Percent
336
253
202
93
37
23
21
69
595
32.5
24.5
19.4
8.9
3.5
2.2
2.0
6.9
330
32.0
184
18.7
188
18.0
134
44
13.1
4.2
69
6.4
51
28
601
4.9
2.8
4
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Name
41-41
42-42
Q17
Q18
Country
Question
Number
Question
Code and Label
Q23
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
Q24
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
Unweighted
Frequency
Weighted
Percent
328
32.3
69
6.6
199
116
20.0
11.2
67
47
6.6
4.6
63
6.0
127
12.8
613
329
32.9
252
136
25.0
13.9
170
114
16.8
11.4
628
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Location Variable
Name
43-43
44-44
Q19
Q20
Country
Question
Number
Q25
Q26
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
Weighted
Percent
327
32.4
172
16.7
205
21.2
83
8.0
37
44
34
3.8
4.2
3.3
106
10.3
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
621
585
360
160
54
30
23
25
392
47.1
29.1
13.1
4.4
2.3
1.9
2.0
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Name
45-45
46-46
47-47
Q21
Q22
Q23
Country
Question
Number
Q27
Q28
Q29
Question
Code and Label
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
Unweighted
Frequency
Weighted
Percent
601
47.4
134
10.7
91
7.2
84
6.3
93
7.4
62
5.2
92
7.2
108
8.6
364
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
161
689
185
77
87
28.0
10.5
44.6
12.1
4.9
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
504
187
627
183
56
72
32.0
12.1
40.7
11.7
3.5
7
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48-48
49-49
50-50
51-51
52-52
Q24
Q25
Q26
Q27
Q28
Country
Question
Number
Q30
Q31
Q32
Q33
Q34
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 some usual
activities?
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
735
784
110
Weighted
Percent
48.6
51.4
During the past 12 months, did you ever seriously
consider attempting suicide?
Yes
430
1
No
1,043
2
Missing
156
29.2
70.8
During the past 12 months, did you make a plan
about how you would attempt suicide?
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
496
987
146
33.4
66.6
How many close friends do you have?
0
1
1
2
2
3
3 or more
4
Missing
237
392
276
676
48
14.5
24.8
17.7
43.1
1,091
71.4
120
57
72
91
55
24
119
8.3
4.0
5.0
6.1
3.7
1.5
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
8
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53-53
54-54
56-56
57-57
Q29
Q30
Q32
Q33
Country
Question
Number
Question
Code and Label
Q35
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
1,262
86
44
58
22
10
32
115
83.0
5.8
3.1
3.7
1.5
0.7
2.1
During the past 30 days, on how many days did
you use any other form of tobacco, such as snuff,
or chewed tobacco?
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
1,340
97
62
30
24
14
23
39
84.0
6.1
3.9
2.0
1.6
0.9
1.4
761
246
143
91
314
74
48.7
15.9
9.3
5.9
20.2
636
256
66
40.9
16.7
4.4
69
520
82
4.6
33.5
Q36
Q37
Q38
Unweighted
Frequency
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
9
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Name
58-58
59-59
60-60
Q34
Q35
Q36
Country
Question
Number
Question
Code and Label
Q39
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
Q40
Q41
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
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
Unweighted
Frequency
Weighted
Percent
1,086
114
44
40
16
9
14
306
81.4
9.0
3.5
3.1
1.3
0.7
1.0
1,060
79.6
96
90
40
11
8
16
308
7.5
7.0
3.1
0.9
0.7
1.2
1,044
81.5
36
3.1
43
3.4
69
36
6
14
23
358
5.6
2.9
0.5
1.2
1.9
10
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61-61
62-62
63-63
64-64
Q37
Q38
Q39
Q40
Country
Question
Number
Question
Code and Label
Q43
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
1,172
226
85
74
72
74.5
14.9
5.6
5.0
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
1,066
200
108
110
145
71.6
13.8
7.2
7.4
During your life, how many times have you used
drugs marijuana, bhangi, mushrooms, speed, or
cloud 9?
0 times
1
1 or 2 times
2
3 to 9 times
3
10 or more times
4
Missing
1,302
141
59
54
73
83.7
8.9
3.9
3.5
398
645
586
39.3
60.7
Q44
Q45
Q46
Have you ever had sexual intercourse?
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
Unweighted
Frequency
Weighted
Percent
11
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65-65
67-67
68-68
69-69
Q41
Q43
Q44
Q45
Country
Question
Number
Q47
Q48
Q49
Q50
Question
Code and Label
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 the past 12 months, have you had sexual
intercourse?
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
Unweighted
Frequency
Weighted
Percent
639
59.6
194
83
63
37
24
12
577
19.0
8.3
5.9
3.7
2.3
1.2
174
1,140
315
13.9
86.1
The last time you had sexual intercourse, did you
or your partner use a condom or sock, gumboot,
rider, trust, or tube?
I have never had sexual
1
intercourse
Yes
2
No
3
Missing
617
59.9
143
254
615
14.8
25.4
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
537
289
223
142
81
58
33
162
104
34.7
18.9
14.7
9.3
5.4
3.9
2.2
10.9
12
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Name
70-70
71-71
72-72
Q46
Q47
Q48
Country
Question
Number
Q51
Q52
Q53
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
Weighted
Percent
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
519
256
220
201
91
62
46
105
129
33.9
17.0
14.7
13.4
6.2
4.4
3.3
7.1
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 attending meetings, barazas,
or prayers?
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
440
432
242
137
72
155
151
29.5
28.8
17.0
9.2
4.9
10.6
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
788
151
89
92
65
85
34
246
79
50.7
9.5
5.9
6.0
4.4
5.4
2.2
15.9
13
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Name
73-73
74-74
75-75
76-76
Q49
Q50
Q51
Q52
Country
Question
Number
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
Weighted
Percent
Q54
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
439
323
219
151
102
60
176
159
29.3
22.0
15.0
10.4
6.8
4.2
12.4
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
935
277
122
71
77
147
63.1
18.5
8.2
5.0
5.2
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
239
146
532
282
329
101
15.6
9.4
34.6
18.9
21.5
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
292
128
388
207
486
128
19.8
8.5
26.0
13.8
31.8
Q55
Q56
Q57
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Standard
Location Variable
Name
77-77
78-78
79-79
80-80
81-81
Q53
Q54
QN6
QN7
QN8
Country
Question
Number
Q58
Q59
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
Weighted
Percent
During the past 30 days, how often did your
parents or guardians understand your problems
and worries?
Never
1
Rarely
2
Sometimes
3
Most of the time
4
Always
5
Missing
275
159
454
246
362
133
18.4
10.6
30.1
16.6
24.3
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
296
137
462
251
332
151
20.0
9.5
31.5
16.9
22.1
228
1,374
27
14.0
86.0
Percentage of students who went hungry most of
the time or always during the past 30 days
because there was not enough food in their home
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
Percentage of students who usually ate fruit, such
as bananas, oranges, mangoes, avocadoes, guavas,
pawpaws, or berries one or more times per day
during the past 30 days
Yes
1,028
1
No
559
2
Missing
42
Percentage of students who usually ate vegetables,
such as sukuma wiki, spinach, cabbages, managu,
saghet, or murere one or more times per day
during the past 30 days
Yes
1,254
1
No
336
2
Missing
39
64.3
35.7
78.6
21.4
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Data
Standard
Location Variable
Name
83-83
84-84
85-85
86-86
87-87
88-88
QN10
QN11
QN12
QN13
QN14
QN15
Country
Question
Number
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
Percentage of students who never or rarely
washed their hands before eating during the past
30 days
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
145
1,449
35
Percentage of students who never or rarely
washed their hands after using the toilet or latrine
during the past 30 days
Yes
182
1
No
1,387
2
Missing
60
Percentage of students who never or rarely used
soap when washing their hands during the past 30
days
Yes
227
1
No
1,343
2
Missing
59
Percentage of students who were physically
attacked one or more times during the past 12
months - Data not available
Missing
Weighted
Percent
9.4
90.6
11.7
88.3
14.9
85.1
1,629
Percentage of students who were in a physical
fight one or more times during the past 12 months
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
762
799
68
48.6
51.4
Percentage of students who were seriously injured
one or more times during the past 12 months
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
698
336
595
67.5
32.5
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Data
Standard
Location Variable
Name
89-89
90-90
91-91
92-92
93-93
QN16
QN17
QN18
QN19
QN20
Country
Question
Number
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
Weighted
Percent
Of 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
173
512
944
25.1
74.9
Of 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
69
608
952
10.0
90.0
Of 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
248
413
968
37.1
62.9
Of 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
1
No
2
Missing
169
501
959
24.6
75.4
Percentage of students who were bullied on one or
more days during the past 30 days
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
652
585
392
52.9
47.1
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Data
Standard
Location Variable
Name
94-94
95-95
96-96
97-97
98-98
99-99
QN21
QN22
QN23
QN24
QN25
QN26
Country
Question
Number
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
Of 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
1
No
2
Missing
125
509
995
Percentage of students who felt lonely most of the
time or always during the past 12 months
Yes
262
1
No
1,280
2
Missing
87
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
239
1
No
1,318
2
Missing
72
Weighted
Percent
19.9
80.1
17.0
83.0
15.2
84.8
Percentage of students who felt 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
735
784
110
48.6
51.4
Percentage of students who seriously considered
attempting suicide during the past 12 months
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
430
1,043
156
29.2
70.8
496
987
146
33.4
66.6
Percentage of students who made a plan about
how they would attempt suicide during the past 12
months
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
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Data
Standard
Location Variable
Name
100-100
101-101
102-102
103-103
105-105
106-106
QN27
QN28
QN29
QN30
QN32
QN33
Country
Question
Number
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
Percentage of students who have no close friends
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
237
1,344
48
Of students who smoked cigarettes on one or
more of the past 30 days, the percentage who tried
their first cigarette at age 9 or younger
Yes
83
1
No
144
2
Missing
1,402
Weighted
Percent
14.5
85.5
37.3
62.7
Percentage of students who smoked cigarettes on
one or more days during the past 30 days
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
252
1,262
115
17.0
83.0
Percentage of students who used any other form
of tobacco, such as snuff or chewed tobacco on
one or more of the past 30 days
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
250
1,340
39
16.0
84.0
Percentage of students who reported people
smoking in their presence on one or more of the
past seven days
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
794
761
74
51.3
48.7
391
1,156
82
25.6
74.4
Percentage of students who have a parent or
guardian who uses any form of tobacco
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
19
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Data
Standard
Location Variable
Name
107-107
108-108
109-109
110-110
111-111
112-112
QN34
QN35
QN36
QN37
QN38
QN39
Country
Question
Number
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
Weighted
Percent
Percentage of students who drank alcohol on one
or more of the past 30 days
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
237
1,086
306
18.6
81.4
Percentage of students who drank one or more
drinks per day on the days they drank alcohol
during the past 30 days
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
165
1,156
308
12.9
87.1
Percentage of students who usually got the
alcohol they drank by buying it in a store, shop, or
from a street vendor during the past 30 days
Yes
36
1
No
1,235
2
Missing
358
3.1
96.9
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
385
1,172
72
25.5
74.5
Percentage of students who had a hang-over, felt
sick, got into trouble with family or friends,
missed school, or got into fights, as a result of
drinking alcohol one or more times during their
life
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
418
1,066
145
28.4
71.6
Percentage of students who used drugs, such as
marijuana, bhangi, mushrooms, speed, or cloud 9
one or more times during their life
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
254
1,302
73
16.3
83.7
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Standard
Location Variable
Name
113-113
114-114
116-116
117-117
118-118
119-119
QN40
QN41
QN43
QN44
QN45
QN46
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
398
645
586
39.3
60.7
Percentage of students who had sexual intercourse
for the first time before age 13
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
277
775
577
27.3
72.7
Percentage of students who had sexual intercourse
during the past 12 months
Yes
174
1
No
1,140
2
Missing
315
Of students who had sexual intercourse during the
past 12 months, the percentage who used a
condom the last time they had sexual intercourse
Yes
71
1
No
96
2
Missing
1,462
Percentage of students who were physically active
seven days for a total of at least 60 minutes per
day during the past seven days
Yes
162
1
No
1,363
2
Missing
104
Percentage of students who were physically active
seven days for a total of at least 60 minutes per
day during a typical or usual week
Yes
105
1
No
1,395
2
Missing
129
13.9
86.1
44.1
55.9
10.9
89.1
7.1
92.9
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Standard
Location Variable
Name
120-120
121-121
122-122
123-123
124-124
QN47
QN48
QN49
QN50
QN51
Country
Question
Number
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
Weighted
Percent
Percentage of students who spent three or more
hours per day sitting and watching television,
playing computer games, talking with friends, or
doing other sitting activities, such as attending
meetings, barazas, or prayers during a typical or
usual day
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
606
872
151
41.7
58.3
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
788
762
79
50.7
49.3
Percentage of students who usually take 29
minutes or less to get to and from school each day
during the past seven days
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
981
489
159
66.3
33.7
Percentage of students who missed classes or
school without permission on one or more of the
past 30 days
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
547
935
147
36.9
63.1
Percentage of students who reported that most of
the students in their school were kind and helpful
most of the time or always during the past 30 days
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
611
917
101
40.4
59.6
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Standard
Location Variable
Name
125-125
126-126
127-127
QN52
QN53
QN54
128-128 QNROVWGT
129-129 QNOVWGT
131-131 QNFRVGG
Country
Question
Number
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
Weighted
Percent
Percentage of students whose parents or guardians
checked to see if their homework was done most
of the time or always during the past 30 days
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
693
808
128
45.6
54.4
Percentage of students whose parents or guardians
understood their problems and worries most of the
time or always during the past 30 days
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
608
888
133
40.9
59.1
Percentage of students whose parents or guardians
knew what they were doing with their free time
most of the time or always during the past 30 days
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
583
895
151
39.0
61.0
24
90
1,515
20.7
79.3
Percentage of students who were at risk for
becoming overweight (i.e., at or above the 85th
percentile but below the 95th percentile for body
mass index, by age and sex)*
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
Percentage of students who were overweight (i.e.,
at or above the 95th percentile for body mass
index, by age and sex)*
Yes
4
1
No
110
2
Missing
1,515
Percentage of students who ate fruits and
vegetables five or more times per day during the
past 30 days
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
379
1,177
73
3.7
96.3
23.7
76.3
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Data
Standard
Location Variable
Name
132-132 QNANYTOB
133-133 QNMINPAG
134-134
QNWKRD
145-156
Weight
157-161
PSU
162-170
Stratum
Question
Code and Label
Country
Question
Number
Percentage of students who smoked cigarettes or
cigars or used chewing tobacco, snuff, or dip on
one or more of the past 30 days
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
Unweighted
Frequency
309
1,188
132
Percentage of students who were physically active
for at least 60 minutes per day on less than five
days per week on average
Yes
1,306
1
No
173
2
Missing
150
Percentage of students who walked or rode a
bicycle to and from school for a total of 150
minutes on one or more of the past seven days
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
1,249
203
177
Weighted
Percent
21.0
79.0
87.8
12.2
85.7
14.3
Weight
Primary Sampling Unit
Stratum
24