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Standard
Location Variable
Name
1-3
SITE
4-13
SCHOOL
14-16
CLASS
17-17
Q1
18-18
19-19
33-33
Q2
Q3
Q9
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
122
278
1,007
1,762
1,482
1,603
113
2.1
4.0
14.5
25.2
23.7
30.5
What is your sex?
Male
1
Female
2
Missing
2,931
3,352
84
45.2
54.8
In what grade are you?
Grade 6
1
Grade 7
2
Grade 8
3
Grade 9
4
Grade 10
5
Special or other
6
Missing
62
1,605
2,642
1,948
34
15
61
0.9
23.6
41.5
33.1
0.7
0.3
Country
Question
Number
Site Code
School Codes
Class Codes
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
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
481
1
teeth during the past 30 days
1 time per day
1,572
2
2 times per day
1,711
3
3 times per day
1,577
4
4 or more times per day
943
5
Missing
83
9.0
27.5
25.1
21.4
17.0
1
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Name
34-34
36-36
Q10
Q12
Country
Question
Number
Question
Code and Label
Q5
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
183
230
1,302
1,365
3,201
86
3.0
3.6
19.7
23.0
50.8
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
387
324
1,752
1,478
2,325
101
6.7
5.8
29.3
23.0
35.2
Q7
Unweighted
Frequency
37-37
Q13
Q8
During the past 12 months, how many times were
you physically attacked?
Missing
6,367
38-38
Q14
Q17
During the past 12 months, how many times were
you in a physical fight?
0 times
3,302
1
1
time
1,351
2
2 or 3 times
711
3
4 or 5 times
246
4
6
or
7
times
154
5
8 or 9 times
103
6
10 or 11 times
107
7
12 or more times
294
8
Missing
99
Weighted
Percent
49.5
21.7
11.5
4.5
2.8
2.4
2.2
5.4
2
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Name
39-39
41-41
42-42
Q15
Q17
Q18
Country
Question
Number
Q18
Q20
Q21
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
During the past 12 months, how many times were
you seriously injured?
0 times
1,635
1
1 time
927
2
2 or 3 times
528
3
4
or
5
times
261
4
6 or 7 times
152
5
8 or 9 times
70
6
10 or 11 times
100
7
12 or more times
241
8
Missing
2,453
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
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
Weighted
Percent
36.9
22.9
14.6
7.4
4.5
2.4
3.4
7.9
1,652
36.8
252
7.6
509
403
11.5
12.2
242
137
7.2
4.2
169
5.1
594
15.3
2,409
1,652
37.6
792
548
21.4
14.6
383
518
11.8
14.6
2,474
3
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Location Variable
Name
43-43
44-44
Q19
Q20
Country
Question
Number
Q22
Q23
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
Weighted
Percent
1,657
36.7
462
11.8
406
9.9
212
6.8
90
165
167
2.4
4.8
5.0
827
22.7
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
2,381
2,525
1,143
470
248
218
115
318
1,330
45.7
23.0
9.5
5.6
4.9
2.7
8.5
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Name
45-45
46-46
47-47
Q21
Q22
Q23
Country
Question
Number
Q24
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
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
Unweighted
Frequency
Weighted
Percent
2,527
46.0
686
13.8
504
11.0
392
9.9
300
6.9
74
1.9
205
4.3
324
6.3
1,355
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
2,213
588
2,736
471
251
108
39.7
9.3
39.3
7.4
4.3
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
2,228
634
2,160
810
429
106
37.4
9.5
32.8
13.2
7.1
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Name
48-48
50-50
51-51
52-52
Q24
Q26
Q27
Q28
Country
Question
Number
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
Weighted
Percent
Q30
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
2,376
3,630
361
40.7
59.3
During the past 12 months, did you make a plan
about how you would attempt suicide?
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
1,972
4,158
237
35.9
64.1
How many close friends do you have?
0
1
1
2
2
3
3 or more
4
Missing
941
1,858
1,234
2,138
196
16.4
35.1
19.3
29.2
3,484
70.5
280
203
233
399
327
131
1,310
6.1
3.9
4.0
6.3
6.1
3.1
Q34
Q36
Q38
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
6
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53-53
54-54
55-55
56-56
Q29
Q30
Q31
Q32
Country
Question
Number
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
Weighted
Percent
Q39
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
4,639
303
153
102
79
64
164
863
84.5
5.5
2.6
2.1
1.4
1.1
2.9
Q41
Q46
Q51
During the past 30 days, on how many days did
you use any other form of tobacco, such as snuff,
prium (chewing tobacco), or tobacco leaves (BB,
springbok, or black and white)?
0 days
4,386
1
1
or
2
days
910
2
3 to 5 days
270
3
6 to 9 days
165
4
10 to 19 days
133
5
20 to 29 days
149
6
All
30
days
82
7
Missing
272
During the past 12 months, have you ever tried to
stop smoking cigarettes?
I have never smoked
3,017
1
cigarettes
I did not smoke cigarettes
548
2
during the past 12 months
Yes
747
3
No
602
4
Missing
1,453
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
2,415
1,090
529
353
1,765
215
67.6
16.9
5.0
2.9
2.7
3.3
1.7
60.1
11.9
14.0
14.0
38.2
17.7
8.5
6.1
29.5
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57-57
58-58
59-59
61-61
Q33
Q34
Q35
Q37
Country
Question
Number
Question
Code and Label
Q52
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
Q55
Q56
Q61
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
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
Unweighted
Frequency
Weighted
Percent
2,434
1,234
576
35.0
20.1
10.2
350
1,617
156
4.9
29.8
3,775
902
333
207
116
87
154
793
65.7
16.6
6.4
3.8
2.2
1.8
3.5
3,466
60.0
895
435
260
162
97
231
821
17.4
8.2
5.0
3.3
1.8
4.1
4,136
1,213
362
363
293
66.3
21.3
5.6
6.8
8
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Name
62-62
63-63
64-64
65-65
Q38
Q39
Q40
Q41
Country
Question
Number
Question
Code and Label
Q64
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
4,279
1,124
364
371
229
68.0
18.9
6.4
6.7
During your life, how many times have you used
drugs marijuana or dagga, cocaine or pi, or
ecstasy?
0 times
1
1 or 2 times
2
3 to 9 times
3
10 or more times
4
Missing
4,552
1,021
305
212
277
70.4
19.6
5.8
4.2
Have you ever had sexual intercourse?
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
923
2,199
3,245
33.2
66.8
2,228
60.2
427
239
149
177
129
124
2,894
13.2
8.5
4.4
5.3
4.0
4.4
Q71
Q72
Q73
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
Weighted
Percent
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66-66
67-67
68-68
69-69
Q42
Q43
Q44
Q45
Country
Question
Number
Q75
Q76
Q78
Q86
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
Weighted
Percent
2,299
62.4
558
187
126
78
39
165
2,915
19.2
5.3
3.9
2.3
1.5
5.3
627
4,017
1,723
14.6
85.4
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
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 ?
I have never had sexual
1
intercourse
Yes
2
No
3
Missing
2,165
65.1
552
432
3,218
19.3
15.6
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
2,731
1,201
633
386
229
204
110
592
281
42.2
20.2
11.1
6.5
4.0
3.5
1.8
10.7
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70-70
71-71
72-72
Q46
Q47
Q48
Country
Question
Number
Q87
Q88
Q89
Question
Code and Label
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
Unweighted
Frequency
Weighted
Percent
2,707
1,072
699
402
253
259
137
466
372
43.1
18.5
12.3
6.5
4.4
4.5
2.2
8.6
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 playing dominoes, cards, or
gambling with dice?
Less than 1 hour per day
2,725
1
1 to 2 hours per day
1,392
2
3 to 4 hours per day
785
3
5
to
6
hours
per
day
340
4
7 to 8 hours per day
178
5
More than 8 hours per day
533
6
Missing
414
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
3,008
853
519
279
189
396
111
701
311
47.6
22.1
11.8
5.6
3.3
9.6
46.3
14.8
9.5
5.0
3.6
7.4
2.6
10.8
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73-73
74-74
75-75
76-76
Q49
Q50
Q51
Q52
Country
Question
Number
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
Weighted
Percent
Q90
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
2,603
1,181
706
445
262
147
506
517
42.8
18.7
12.5
7.8
4.6
2.9
10.7
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
3,716
1,197
524
249
334
347
58.3
21.5
8.8
4.6
6.8
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
1,734
786
1,784
856
833
374
30.2
12.4
27.7
13.9
15.7
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
1,666
603
1,238
860
1,522
478
27.3
10.1
21.1
15.3
26.2
Q91
Q92
Q93
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77-77
78-78
149-149
150-150
152-152
Q53
Q54
QN9
QN10
QN12
Country
Question
Number
Q94
Q95
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
1,851
699
1,391
878
1,211
337
31.4
12.1
23.6
14.1
18.8
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
1,766
920
1,429
842
1,000
410
29.6
15.5
24.6
14.2
16.0
Percentage of students who did not clean or brush
their teeth during the past 30 days
Yes
481
1
No
5,803
2
Missing
83
Percentage of students who never or rarely
washed their hands before eating during the past
30 days
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
413
5,868
86
Percentage of students who never or rarely used
soap when washing their hands during the past 30
days
Yes
711
1
No
5,555
2
Missing
101
9.0
91.0
6.6
93.4
12.6
87.4
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153-153
154-154
155-155
157-157
158-158
159-159
QN13
QN14
QN15
QN17
QN18
QN19
Country
Question
Number
Question
Code and Label
Percentage of students who were physically
attacked one or more times during the past 12
months - Data not available
Missing
Unweighted
Frequency
Weighted
Percent
6,367
Percentage of students who were in a physical
fight one or more times during the past 12 months
Yes
2,966
1
No
3,302
2
Missing
99
50.5
49.5
Percentage of students who were seriously
injured one or more times during the past 12
months
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
2,279
1,635
2,453
63.1
36.9
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
495
1,747
4,125
18.2
81.8
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
771
1,409
4,187
34.4
65.6
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
454
1,804
4,109
19.0
81.0
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Data
Standard
Location Variable
Name
160-160
161-161
162-162
163-163
164-164
166-166
QN20
QN21
QN22
QN23
QN24
QN26
Country
Question
Number
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
Weighted
Percent
Percentage of students who were bullied on one
or more days during the past 30 days
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
2,512
2,525
1,330
54.3
45.7
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
670
1
No
1,744
2
Missing
3,953
Percentage of students who felt lonely most of
the time or always during the past 12 months
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
722
5,537
108
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
1,239
1
No
5,022
2
Missing
106
25.5
74.5
11.7
88.3
20.3
79.7
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
2,376
3,630
361
40.7
59.3
Percentage of students who made a plan about
how they would attempt suicide during the past
12 months
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
1,972
4,158
237
35.9
64.1
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Standard
Location Variable
Name
167-167
168-168
169-169
170-170
171-171
172-172
QN27
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
941
5,230
196
16.4
83.6
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
1
No
2
Missing
218
564
5,585
31.1
68.9
Percentage of students who smoked cigarettes on
one or more days during the past 30 days
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
865
4,639
863
15.5
84.5
Percentage of students who used any other form
of tobacco, such as snuff, prium (chewing
tobacco), or tobacco leaves (BB, springbok, or
black and white) on one or more of the past 30
days
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
1,709
4,386
272
32.4
67.6
Of students who smoked cigarettes on one or
more of the past 30 days, the percentage who
tried to stop smoking cigarettes during the past 12
months
Yes
747
1
No
602
2
Missing
5,018
Percentage of students who reported people
smoking in their presence on one or more of the
past seven days
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
3,737
2,415
215
50.1
49.9
61.8
38.2
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Standard
Location Variable
Name
173-173
174-174
175-175
177-177
178-178
179-179
QN33
QN34
QN35
QN37
QN38
QN39
Country
Question
Number
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
Weighted
Percent
Percentage of students who have a parent or
guardian who uses any form of tobacco
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
2,160
4,051
156
35.2
64.8
Percentage of students who drank alcohol on one
or more of the past 30 days
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
1,799
3,775
793
34.3
65.7
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
1,185
4,361
821
22.5
77.5
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
1,938
4,136
293
33.7
66.3
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
1,859
4,279
229
32.0
68.0
Percentage of students who used drugs, such as
marijuana or dagga, cocaine or pi, or ecstasy one
or more times during their life
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
1,538
4,552
277
29.6
70.4
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Standard
Location Variable
Name
180-180
181-181
182-182
183-183
184-184
185-185
QN40
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
923
2,199
3,245
33.2
66.8
Percentage of students who had sexual
intercourse for the first time before age 13
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
666
2,807
2,894
21.7
78.3
Percentage of students who have had sexual
intercourse with two or more people during their
life time
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
595
2,857
2,915
18.3
81.7
Percentage of students who had sexual
intercourse during the past 12 months
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
627
4,017
1,723
14.6
85.4
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
1
No
2
Missing
298
239
5,830
53.1
46.9
Percentage of students who were physically
active all seven days for a total of at least 60
minutes per day during the past seven days
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
592
5,494
281
10.7
89.3
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Standard
Location Variable
Name
186-186
187-187
188-188
189-189
190-190
QN46
QN47
QN48
QN49
QN50
Country
Question
Number
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
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
466
1
No
5,529
2
Missing
372
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 playing
dominoes,cards, or gambling with dice during a
typical or usual day
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
1,836
4,117
414
Percentage of students who did not walk or ride a
bicycle to and from school during the past seven
days
Yes
3,008
1
No
3,048
2
Missing
311
Weighted
Percent
8.6
91.4
30.3
69.7
46.3
53.7
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
4,490
1,360
517
74.0
26.0
Percentage of students who missed classes or
school without permission on one or more of the
past 30 days
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
2,304
3,716
347
41.7
58.3
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Standard
Location Variable
Name
191-191
192-192
193-193
194-194
QN51
QN52
QN53
QN54
266-266 QNANYTOB
267-267 QNMINPAG
Country
Question
Number
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
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
1,689
1
No
4,304
2
Missing
374
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
2,382
3,507
478
Percentage of students whose parents or
guardians understood their problems and worries
most of the time or always during the past 30 days
Yes
2,089
1
No
3,941
2
Missing
337
Weighted
Percent
29.6
70.4
41.4
58.6
32.9
67.1
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
1,842
4,115
410
30.2
69.8
Percentage of students who used any tobacco
during the past 30 days
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
1,542
3,748
1,077
31.8
68.2
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
5,272
660
435
88.4
11.6
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Standard
Location Variable
Name
268-268
QNWKRD
358-369
Weight
370-374
PSU
375-383
Stratum
Question
Code and Label
Country
Question
Number
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
No
2
Missing
Unweighted
Frequency
Weighted
Percent
5,219
566
582
89.0
11.0
Weight
Primary Sampling Unit
Stratum
21