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Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2011

Mauritius, 2011
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MUS_2011_GSHS_v01
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Global School-based Student Health Survey
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Age first tried cigarette (Q28)

Data file: MUS2011_National_Public_Use

Overview

Valid: 2110
Invalid: 58
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
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 1608
76.2%
2 7 years old or younger 31
1.5%
3 8 or 9 years old 46
2.2%
4 10 or 11 years old 77
3.6%
5 12 or 13 years old 219
10.4%
6 14 or 15 years old 126
6%
7 16 years old or older 3
0.1%
Sysmiss 58
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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