Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2004

Namibia, 2004

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NAM_2004_GSHS_v01

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Ministry of Health and Social Services,

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Global School-based Student Health Survey

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Age first tried cigarette (Q28)

Data file: NBH2004_public_use

Overview

Valid: 5057

Invalid: 1310

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 34

End: 34

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	3484	68.9%
2	7 years old or younger	280	5.5%
3	8 or 9 years old	203	4%
4	10 or 11 years old	233	4.6%
5	12 or 13 years old	399	7.9%
6	14 or 15 years old	327	6.5%
7	16 years old or older	131	2.6%
Sysmiss		1310

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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