Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2007, Guayaquil, Quito, and Zamora

Ecuador, 2007

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ECU_2007_GSHS_v01

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Ministry of Health

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Global School-based Student Health Survey

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Age first tried cigarette (Q28)

Data file: ECAH2007_public_use

Overview

Valid: 2402

Invalid: 267

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	1798	74.9%
2	7 years old or younger	80	3.3%
3	8 or 9 years old	95	4%
4	10 or 11 years old	171	7.1%
5	12 or 13 years old	140	5.8%
6	14 or 15 years old	103	4.3%
7	16 years old or older	15	0.6%
Sysmiss		267

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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