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Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2007

Mauritius, 2007
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MUS_2007_GSHS_v01
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Ministry of Health and Quality of Life, Ministry of Education and Human Resources, World Health Organization
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Global School-based Student Health Survey
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Age first tried cigarette (Q28)

Data file: MUAH2007_public_use

Overview

Valid: 1039
Invalid: 101
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 34
End: 34
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 729
70.2%
2 7 years old or younger 32
3.1%
3 8 or 9 years old 31
3%
4 10 or 11 years old 62
6%
5 12 or 13 years old 115
11.1%
6 14 or 15 years old 62
6%
7 16 years old or older 8
0.8%
Sysmiss 101
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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