Global Youth Tobacco Survey 2016

Dominican Republic, 2016

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Reference ID

DOM_2016_GYTS_v01

Producer(s)

Ministry of Public Health and Social Assistance

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Global Youth Tobacco Survey

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Apr 08, 2019

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May 02, 2019

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Age first cigarette (CR6)

Data file: DOMINICANREPUBLIC_16

Overview

Valid: 1479

Invalid: 53

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	1254	84.8%
2	7 years old or younger	28	1.9%
3	10 or 11 years old	16	1.1%
4	8 or 9 years old	30	2%
5	12 or 13 years old	42	2.8%
6	14 or 15 years old	74	5%
7	16 years old or older	35	2.4%
Sysmiss		53

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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