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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: NBAH2004_public_use

Overview

Valid: 1253
Invalid: 321
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 872
69.6%
2 7 years old or younger 70
5.6%
3 8 or 9 years old 52
4.2%
4 10 or 11 years old 52
4.2%
5 12 or 13 years old 92
7.3%
6 14 or 15 years old 85
6.8%
7 16 years old or older 30
2.4%
Sysmiss 321
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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