Global Youth Tobacco Survey 2008

South Africa, 2008

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Reference ID

ZAF_2008_GYTS_v01

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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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Main reason stop smoking (CR36)

Data file: ZAF2008

Overview

Valid: 8524

Invalid: 78

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Literal question

What was the main reason you decided to stop smoking? (SELECT ONE ANSWER ONLY)

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	I have never smoked cigarettes	6018	70.6%
2	I have not stopped smoking	534	6.3%
3	To improve my health	1154	13.5%
4	To save money	295	3.5%
5	Because my family does not like it	272	3.2%
6	Because my friends don't like it	61	0.7%
7	Other	190	2.2%
Sysmiss		78

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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