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Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2010

Jamaica, 2010
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JAM_2010_GSHS_v01
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National Council on Drug Abuse
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Global School-based Student Health Survey
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Age first tried cigarette (Q28)

Data file: JAM2010_Public_Use

Overview

Valid: 1467
Invalid: 156
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 33
End: 33
Width: 1
Range: 1 - 7
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext
The next 6 questions ask about cigarette and other tobacco use.
Literal question
How old were you when you first tried a cigarette?
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 I have never smoked cigarettes 839
57.2%
2 7 years old or younger 123
8.4%
3 8 or 9 years old 115
7.8%
4 10 or 11 years old 133
9.1%
5 12 or 13 years old 135
9.2%
6 14 or 15 years old 93
6.3%
7 16 years old or older 29
2%
Sysmiss 156
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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