Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2009

Pakistan, 2009

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PAK_2009_GSHS_v01

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Pakistan Medical and Research Council

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Global School-based Student Health Survey

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Age first tried cigarette (Q28)

Data file: PAK2009_Public_Use

Overview

Valid: 4910

Invalid: 282

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 36

End: 36

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	4124	84%
2	7 years old or younger	159	3.2%
3	8 or 9 years old	93	1.9%
4	10 or 11 years old	134	2.7%
5	12 or 13 years old	192	3.9%
6	14 or 15 years old	201	4.1%
7	16 years old or older	7	0.1%
Sysmiss		282

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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