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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: MUBH2007_public_use

Overview

Valid: 2148
Invalid: 130
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 1558
72.5%
2 7 years old or younger 48
2.2%
3 8 or 9 years old 53
2.5%
4 10 or 11 years old 110
5.1%
5 12 or 13 years old 207
9.6%
6 14 or 15 years old 148
6.9%
7 16 years old or older 24
1.1%
Sysmiss 130
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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