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Global School-based Student Health Survey 2006, Dar Es Salaam

United Republic of Tanzania, 2006
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TZA_2006_GSHS_v01_M
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Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Ministry of Education and Vocational Training
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Global School-based Student Health Survey
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Age first tried cigarette (Q28)

Data file: TZAH2006_public_use

Overview

Valid: 2038
Invalid: 138
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 32
End: 32
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 1931
94.7%
2 7 years old or younger 18
0.9%
3 8 or 9 years old 16
0.8%
4 10 or 11 years old 36
1.8%
5 12 or 13 years old 29
1.4%
6 14 or 15 years old 8
0.4%
7 16 years old or older 0
0%
Sysmiss 138
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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