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Standard
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
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
404
2,150
3,630
3,827
3,212
2,373
194
2.6
13.1
22.3
23.6
21.2
17.2
What is your sex?
Male
1
Female
2
Missing
7,741
7,893
156
50.0
50.0
In what grade are you?
Grade 7
1
Grade 8
2
Grade 9
3
Grade 10
4
Missing
4,215
4,065
3,851
3,431
228
26.9
25.4
24.2
23.5
20-23
Q4
Q80
How tall are you without your shoes on?
(Note: Data are in meters.)
24-29
Q5
Q81
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
9,060
1
Rarely
2,427
2
Sometimes
2,580
3
Most of the time
972
4
Always
522
5
Missing
229
58.0
16.0
16.5
6.0
3.4
1
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Location Variable
Name
31-31
Q7
32-32
33-33
Q8
Q9
Country
Question
Number
Q10
Q11
Q17
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
During the past 30 days, how many times per
day did you usually eat fruit, such as apples,
oranges, grapes, kiwi, mango, pears, bananas,
or melons?
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
tomatoes, cucumbers, lettuce, or carrots?
I did not eat vegetables
1
during the past 30 days
Less than one time per day
2
1 time per day
3
2 times per day
4
3 times per day
5
4 times per day
6
5 or more times per day
7
Missing
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
1,241
7.9
6,793
3,135
2,172
954
316
1,008
171
44.6
19.4
13.5
5.9
2.0
6.6
1,156
7.5
5,632
3,676
2,458
1,073
354
1,238
203
36.5
23.7
15.3
6.7
2.1
8.3
697
5.0
2,167
3,662
5,502
2,071
1,520
171
14.6
23.7
34.1
13.1
9.6
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Location Variable
Name
34-34
Q10
35-35
36-36
37-37
Q11
Q12
Q13
Country
Question
Number
Q18
Q19
Q20
Q23
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
276
725
1,277
2,375
10,785
352
1.8
4.8
8.5
15.7
69.2
During the past 30 days, how often did you
wash your hands after using the toilet or
latrine?
Never
1
Rarely
2
Sometimes
3
Most of the time
4
Always
5
Missing
242
392
598
1,226
13,124
208
1.6
2.7
4.0
8.1
83.7
During the past 30 days, how often did you use
soap when washing your hands?
222
Never
1
Rarely
457
2
Sometimes
1,327
3
Most of the time
2,811
4
Always
10,741
5
Missing
232
1.5
3.2
8.5
18.4
68.3
During the past 12 months, how many times
were you physically attacked?
0 times
10,500
1
1 time
2,060
2
2 or 3 times
1,405
3
4
or
5
times
472
4
6 or 7 times
217
5
8 or 9 times
142
6
10 or 11 times
102
7
12 or more times
600
8
Missing
292
68.1
13.2
8.9
3.0
1.3
0.9
0.6
4.1
3
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Location Variable
Name
38-38
Q14
40-40
Q16
Country
Question
Number
Q25
Q28
Question
Code and Label
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
Unweighted
Frequency
8,854
2,701
1,957
657
273
177
137
820
214
During the past 12 months, what were you
doing when the most serious injury happened
to you?
I was not seriously injured
8,804
1
during the past 12 months
Playing or training for a
1,367
2
sport
Walking or running, but not
485
3
as part of playing or training
for a sport
Riding a bicycle or scooter
443
4
Riding or driving in a car or
159
5
other motor vehicle
Doing any paid or unpaid
145
6
work, including housework,
yard work, or cooking
Nothing
273
7
Something else
656
8
Missing
3,458
Weighted
Percent
56.8
17.6
12.3
4.1
1.8
1.1
0.9
5.4
71.6
11.0
3.9
3.5
1.2
1.2
2.2
5.4
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Location Variable
Name
41-41
Q17
42-42
Q18
Country
Question
Number
Q29
Q30
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
During the past 12 months, what was the major
cause of the most serious injury that happened
to you?
I was not seriously injured
8,848
1
during the past 12 months
I was in a motor vehicle
303
2
accident or hit by a motor
vehicle
I fell
793
3
Something fell on me or hit
674
4
me
I was fighting with someone
285
5
I
was
attacked,
assaulted,
or
151
6
abused by someone
I was in a fire or too near a
52
7
flame or something hot
Something else caused my
1,276
8
injury
Missing
3,408
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
71.7
2.5
6.3
5.5
2.4
1.2
0.4
10.0
8,800
72.2
1,863
919
15.2
7.4
226
424
1.8
3.3
3,558
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Location Variable
Name
43-43
Q19
44-44
Q20
Country
Question
Number
Q31
Q35
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
During the past 12 months, what was the most
serious injury that happened to you?
I was not seriously injured
8,845
1
during the past 12 months
I had a broken bone or a
1,045
2
dislocated joint
I had a cut, puncture, or stab
937
3
wound
I had a concussion or other
287
4
head or neck injury, was
knocked out, or could not
breathe
I had a gunshot wound
74
5
I had a bad burn
138
6
I lost all or part of a foot,
45
7
leg, hand, or arm
Something else happened to
992
8
me
Missing
3,427
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
11,481
1,763
554
218
141
82
282
1,269
Weighted
Percent
71.8
8.4
7.4
2.3
0.6
1.2
0.3
8.0
79.2
11.9
3.9
1.5
1.0
0.6
1.9
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Location Variable
Name
45-45
Q21
46-46
47-47
Q22
Q23
Country
Question
Number
Q36
Q37
Q38
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
During the past 30 days, how were you bullied
most often?
I was not bullied during the
11,446
1
past 30 days
I was hit, kicked, pushed,
454
2
shoved around, or locked
indoors
I was made fun of because of
440
3
my race or color
I was made fun of because of
114
4
my religion
I was made fun of with
474
5
sexual jokes, comments, or
gestures
I was left out of activities on
120
6
purpose or completely
ignored
I was made fun of because of
342
7
how my body or face looks
I was bullied in some other
1,038
8
way
Missing
1,362
Weighted
Percent
79.5
3.1
3.0
0.8
3.3
0.8
2.3
7.2
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
5,975
3,900
3,375
1,569
798
173
38.2
25.2
21.0
10.2
5.2
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
5,942
4,363
3,131
1,592
577
185
37.7
28.1
19.8
10.4
4.0
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Location Variable
Name
48-48
Q24
49-49
50-50
51-51
52-52
Q25
Q26
Q27
Q28
Country
Question
Number
Q39
Q40
Q41
Q42
Q45
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
5,287
1
No
9,862
2
Missing
641
Weighted
Percent
35.2
64.8
During the past 12 months, did you ever
seriously consider attempting suicide?
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
1,946
13,401
443
13.0
87.0
During the past 12 months, did you make a
plan about how you would attempt suicide?
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
1,426
13,629
735
9.8
90.2
How many close friends do you have?
0
1
1
2
2
3
3 or more
4
Missing
978
1,954
2,416
10,003
439
6.4
12.7
15.9
65.0
12,295
79.7
688
519
573
677
416
88
534
4.7
3.6
4.0
4.6
2.8
0.6
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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Name
53-53
Q29
54-54
69-69
Q30
Q45
Country
Question
Number
Q46
Q47
Q66
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
14,084
559
228
148
112
78
232
349
During the past 30 days, on how many days
did you use any other form of tobacco, such as
midwakh or shisha?
0 days
14,047
1
1
or
2
days
781
2
3 to 5 days
275
3
6 to 9 days
158
4
10
to
19
days
122
5
20 to 29 days
68
6
All 30 days
165
7
Missing
174
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
3,934
1
1 day
2,758
2
2
days
2,058
3
3 days
1,514
4
4 days
894
5
5 days
800
6
6 days
435
7
7
days
3,074
8
Missing
323
Weighted
Percent
90.7
3.5
1.6
1.0
0.8
0.5
1.7
89.3
5.2
1.8
1.0
0.8
0.5
1.3
25.8
17.9
13.5
10.0
5.7
5.0
2.7
19.5
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Name
70-70
Q46
71-71
72-72
Q47
Q48
Country
Question
Number
Q67
Q71
Q72
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
3,449
3,213
2,154
1,366
863
828
468
3,156
293
22.9
20.8
13.7
8.9
5.5
5.2
2.9
20.0
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 ?
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
4,065
5,394
3,338
1,230
410
906
447
26.3
34.9
22.2
8.0
2.6
6.0
During the past 7 days, on how many days did
you walk or ride a bicycle to and from school?
0 days
12,439
1
1 day
826
2
2
days
482
3
3 days
292
4
4 days
165
5
5
days
238
6
6 days
57
7
7 days
771
8
Missing
520
80.8
5.4
3.3
1.9
1.0
1.6
0.4
5.5
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Name
73-73
Q49
74-74
75-75
76-76
Q50
Q51
Q52
Country
Question
Number
Q73
Q75
Q76
Q77
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
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
Weighted
Percent
4,534
3,766
2,208
1,529
785
648
1,816
504
30.0
24.6
14.0
10.2
5.2
4.3
11.6
10,565
3,150
868
251
335
621
68.8
21.3
6.0
1.7
2.3
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
1,448
1,453
2,637
3,405
6,323
524
9.8
9.6
17.3
22.5
40.9
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
2,777
1,911
2,769
2,608
5,156
569
18.2
12.6
17.9
17.2
34.1
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
11
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Name
Q53
77-77
78-78
146-146
147-147
Q54
QN6
QN7
Country
Question
Number
Q78
Q79
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
During the past 30 days, how often did your
parents or guardians understand your problems
and worries?
2,810
Never
1
Rarely
1,896
2
Sometimes
2,759
3
Most
of
the
time
2,627
4
Always
5,037
5
Missing
661
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
2,283
1,569
2,837
3,053
5,425
623
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
1,494
1
No
14,067
2
Missing
229
Percentage of students who usually ate fruit,
such as apples, oranges, grapes, kiwi, mango,
pears, bananas, or melons one or more times
per day during the past 30 days
Yes
7,585
1
No
8,034
2
Missing
171
Weighted
Percent
19.0
12.3
18.1
17.5
33.1
15.3
10.4
18.7
20.2
35.4
9.4
90.6
47.4
52.6
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Name
148-148
QN8
149-149
150-150
151-151
152-152
153-153
QN9
QN10
QN11
QN12
QN13
Country
Question
Number
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
Weighted
Percent
Percentage of students who usually ate
vegetables, such as tomatoes, cucumbers,
lettuce, or carrots one or more times per day
during the past 30 days
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
8,799
6,788
203
56.1
43.9
Percentage of students who did not clean or
brush their teeth during the past 30 days
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
697
14,922
171
5.0
95.0
Percentage of students who never or rarely
washed their hands before eating during the
past 30 days
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
1,001
14,437
352
6.6
93.4
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
634
14,948
208
4.3
95.7
Percentage of students who never or rarely
used soap when washing their hands during the
past 30 days
Yes
679
1
No
14,879
2
Missing
232
Percentage of students who were physically
attacked one or more times during the past 12
months
Yes
4,998
1
No
10,500
2
Missing
292
4.8
95.2
31.9
68.1
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Location Variable
Name
154-154
QN14
Country
Question
Number
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
Percentage of students who were in a physical
fight one or more times during the past 12
months
Yes
6,722
1
No
8,854
2
Missing
214
156-156
QN16
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
Missing
15,790
157-157
QN17
Among students who were seriously injured
during the past 12 months, the percentage
whose most serious injury was the result of a
fall
Missing
15,790
158-158
QN18
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
Missing
15,790
159-159
QN19
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
Missing
15,790
160-160
QN20
Percentage of students who were bullied on
one or more days during the past 30 days
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
161-161
QN21
3,040
11,481
1,269
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
443
1
No
2,501
2
Missing
12,846
Weighted
Percent
43.2
56.8
20.8
79.2
15.0
85.0
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Standard
Location Variable
Name
162-162
QN22
163-163
164-164
165-165
166-166
167-167
QN23
QN24
QN25
QN26
QN27
Country
Question
Number
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
Percentage of students who felt lonely most of
the time or always during the past 12 months
Yes
2,367
1
No
13,250
2
Missing
173
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
2,169
1
No
13,436
2
Missing
185
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
5,287
9,862
641
Percentage of students who seriously
considered attempting suicide during the past
12 months
Yes
1,946
1
13,401
No
2
Missing
443
Percentage of students who made a plan about
how they would attempt suicide during the past
12 months
Yes
1,426
1
No
13,629
2
Missing
735
Percentage of students who have no close
friends
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
978
14,373
439
Weighted
Percent
15.5
84.5
14.4
85.6
35.2
64.8
13.0
87.0
9.8
90.2
6.4
93.6
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Standard
Location Variable
Name
168-168
QN28
169-169
170-170
185-185
186-186
187-187
QN29
QN30
QN45
QN46
QN47
Country
Question
Number
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
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
1,000
1
No
263
2
Missing
14,527
Percentage of students who smoked cigarettes
on one or more days during the past 30 days
Yes
1,357
1
No
14,084
2
Missing
349
Percentage of students who used any other
form of tobacco, such as midwakh or shisha on
one or more days during the past 30 days
Yes
1,569
1
14,047
No
2
Missing
174
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
3,074
1
12,393
No
2
Missing
323
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
3,156
1
No
12,341
2
Missing
293
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
Yes
5,884
1
No
9,459
2
Missing
447
Weighted
Percent
79.7
20.3
9.3
90.7
10.7
89.3
19.5
80.5
20.0
80.0
38.8
61.2
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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
12,439
2,831
520
80.8
19.2
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
10,508
4,778
504
68.7
31.3
Percentage of students who missed classes or
school without permission on one or more days
during the past 30 days
Yes
4,604
1
10,565
No
2
Missing
621
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
2,901
1
12,365
No
2
Missing
524
Percentage of students whose parents or
guardians never or rarely checked to see if
their homework was done during the past 30
days
Yes
4,688
1
No
10,533
2
Missing
569
Percentage of students whose parents or
guardians never or rarely understood their
problems and worries during the past 30 days
Yes
4,706
1
No
10,423
2
Missing
661
31.2
68.8
19.4
80.6
30.8
69.2
31.3
68.7
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Standard
Location Variable
Name
194-194
QN54
262-262
263-263
264-264
265-265
266-266
QNROVWTG
QNOVWTG
QNFRVGG
QNANYTBG
QNMINPAG
Country
Question
Number
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
3,852
1
No
11,315
2
Missing
623
Percentage of students who are at risk for
becoming overweight*
Yes
1
No
2
Missing
3,099
11,344
1,347
Percentage of students who are overweight*
Yes
1,710
1
12,733
No
2
Missing
1,347
Percentage of students who ate fruits and
vegetables five or more times per day during
the past 30 days
Yes
2,856
1
No
12,610
2
Missing
324
Percentage of students who used any tobacco
on one or more of the past 30 days
Yes
1,875
1
No
13,478
2
Missing
437
Percentage of students who were physically
active for at least 60 minutes per day on less
than five days per week on average
Yes
11,690
1
3,644
No
2
Missing
456
Weighted
Percent
25.7
74.3
21.5
78.5
12.1
87.9
18.5
81.5
12.7
87.3
76.9
23.1
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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
14,685
1
No
362
2
Missing
743
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
97.5
2.5
19