Global Youth Tobacco Survey 2017

Jamaica, 2017

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Reference ID

JAM_2017_GYTS_v01

Producer(s)

Ministry of Health

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Global Youth Tobacco Survey

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Jun 12, 2019

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Jun 12, 2019

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Age first smoke hookah (SR2)

Data file: JAMAICA_17

Overview

Valid: 1661

Invalid: 24

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Range: 1 - 7

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

How old were you when you first tried smoking hookah?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	I have never tried smoking shisha	1414	85.1%
2	7 years old or younger	62	3.7%
3	8 or 9 years old	38	2.3%
4	10 or 11 years old	21	1.3%
5	12 or 13 years old	29	1.7%
6	14 or 15 years old	71	4.3%
7	16 years old or older	26	1.6%
Sysmiss		24

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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