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Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2013

Chile, 2013
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CHL_2013_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 smoked (Q28)

Data file: CHL2013_Public_Use

Overview

Valid: 2007
Invalid: 42
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Width: 1
Range: 1 - 8
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 1027
51.2%
2 7 years old or younger 60
3%
3 8 or 9 years old 71
3.5%
4 10 or 11 years old 181
9%
5 12 or 13 years old 371
18.5%
6 14 or 15 years old 212
10.6%
7 16 or 17 years old 77
3.8%
8 18 years old or older 8
0.4%
Sysmiss 42
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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