Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2003

Kenya, 2003

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KEN_2003_GSHS_v01

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Ministry of Health

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Global School-based Student Health Survey

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Age first tried cigarette (Q28)

Data file: KECH2003_public_use

Overview

Valid: 743

Invalid: 86

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	555	74.7%
2	7 years old or younger	56	7.5%
3	8 or 9 years old	57	7.7%
4	10 or 11 years old	39	5.2%
5	12 or 13 years old	25	3.4%
6	14 or 15 years old	6	0.8%
7	16 years old or older	5	0.7%
Sysmiss		86

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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