Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2003

Kenya, 2003

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Reference ID

KEN_2003_GSHS_v01

Producer(s)

Ministry of Health

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Global School-based Student Health Survey

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Aug 07, 2018

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Age first tried cigarette (Q28)

Data file: KEH2003_public_use

Overview

Valid: 3416

Invalid: 275

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 32

End: 32

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	2584	75.6%
2	7 years old or younger	249	7.3%
3	8 or 9 years old	162	4.7%
4	10 or 11 years old	151	4.4%
5	12 or 13 years old	154	4.5%
6	14 or 15 years old	79	2.3%
7	16 years old or older	37	1.1%
Sysmiss		275

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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