Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2007, Subnational coverage for Bogotá, Bogotá (official schools), Bogotá (private schools), Bucaramanga City, Cali City, Manizales, and Valledupar City.

Colombia, 2007

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COL_2007_GSHS_v01

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Instituto Nacional de Cancerologia

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Global School-based Student Health Survey

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Age first tried cigarette (Q28)

Data file: CBDH2007_Public_Use

Overview

Valid: 1979

Invalid: 114

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	1202	60.7%
2	7 years old or younger	60	3%
3	8 or 9 years old	80	4%
4	10 or 11 years old	165	8.3%
5	12 or 13 years old	300	15.2%
6	14 or 15 years old	153	7.7%
7	16 years old or older	19	1%
Sysmiss		114

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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