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Global Youth Tobacco Survey 2007

Syrian Arab Republic, 2007
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SYR_2007_GYTS_v01
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Global Youth Tobacco Survey
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  • SYRIANARABREPUBLIC_07

Why started smoking cigarettes (SYR31)

Data file: SYRIANARABREPUBLIC_07

Overview

Valid: 2023
Invalid: 16
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Range: 1 - 7
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
Why did you start to smoke cigarettes?
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 I have never smoked cigarettes 1558
77%
2 To imitate the lead (father, mother teacher….) 118
5.8%
3 To imitate my friends 68
3.4%
4 To express my maturity 44
2.2%
5 To alleviate crises and frustration 60
3%
6 To amuse myself and take pleasure 103
5.1%
7 For other reasons 72
3.6%
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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