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: ECBH2007_public_use

Overview

Valid: 1971

Invalid: 244

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	1259	63.9%
2	7 years old or younger	68	3.5%
3	8 or 9 years old	112	5.7%
4	10 or 11 years old	177	9%
5	12 or 13 years old	231	11.7%
6	14 or 15 years old	110	5.6%
7	16 years old or older	14	0.7%
Sysmiss		244

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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