Global Youth Tobacco Survey 2015

Sri Lanka, 2015

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Reference ID

LKA_2015_GYTS_v01

Producer(s)

Ministry of Health

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Global Youth Tobacco Survey

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Nov 16, 2018

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May 02, 2019

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Age first cigarette (CR6)

Data file: SRILANKA_15

Overview

Valid: 1489

Invalid: 16

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

The next questions ask about your use of tobacco.

Literal question

How old were you when you first tried a cigarette?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	I have never tried smoking a cigarette	1421	95.4%
2	7 years old or younger	7	0.5%
3	10 or 11 years old	12	0.8%
4	8 or 9 years old	5	0.3%
5	12 or 13 years old	20	1.3%
6	14 or 15 years old	24	1.6%
7	16 years old or older	0	0%
Sysmiss		16

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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