Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2017

Sierra Leone, 2017

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Reference ID

SLE_2017_GSHS_v01_M

Producer(s)

Ministry of Health and Sanitation

Metadata

Documentation in PDF DDI/XML JSON

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May 08, 2024

Last modified

May 08, 2024

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Were underweight (qnunwtg)

Data file: SLEH2017_GSHS_Data_Public_Use

Overview

Valid: 2616

Invalid: 182

Mean: 1.946

Standard deviation: 0.227

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 2

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Percentage of students who were underweight (<-2SD from median for BMI by age and sex)

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Yes	142	5.4%
2	No	2474	94.6%
Sysmiss		182

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

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