Global Youth Tobacco Survey 2002

South Africa, 2002

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Reference ID

ZAF_2002_GYTS_v01

Producer(s)

Medical Research Council

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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 (ZAR6)

Data file: ZAF2002

Overview

Valid: 8750

Invalid: 185

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Literal question

How old were you when you first tried a cigarette?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	I have never smoked cigarettes	5336	61%
2	7 years old or younger	258	2.9%
3	8 or 9 years old	239	2.7%
4	10 or 11 years old	396	4.5%
5	12 or 13 years old	841	9.6%
6	14 or 15 years old	924	10.6%
7	16 years old	429	4.9%
8	17 years or older	327	3.7%
Sysmiss		185

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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