Global Youth Tobacco Survey 2008

Mauritius, 2008

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Reference ID

MUS_2008_GYTS_v01

Producer(s)

Ministry of Health

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Global Youth Tobacco Survey

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Oct 08, 2018

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May 02, 2019

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Age first cigarette (CR2)

Data file: MUS2008

Overview

Valid: 1622

Invalid: 23

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Range: 1 - 7

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

How old were you when you first tried a cigarette?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	I have never smoked cigarettes	1177	72.6%
2	7 years old or younger	30	1.8%
3	8 or 9 years old	26	1.6%
4	10 or 11 years old	77	4.7%
5	12 or 13 years old	187	11.5%
6	14 or 15 years old	120	7.4%
7	16 years old or older	5	0.3%
Sysmiss		23

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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