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Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2015

Wallis and Futuna, 2015
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WLF_2015_GSHS_v01
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Wallis and Futuna Health Agency, World Health Organisation, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Global School-based Student Health Survey
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Initiation of cigarette use (Q28)

Data file: WLF2015_Public_Use

Overview

Valid: 1073
Invalid: 44
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 571
53.2%
2 7 years old or younger 47
4.4%
3 8 or 9 years old 53
4.9%
4 10 or 11 years old 99
9.2%
5 12 or 13 years old 139
13%
6 14 or 15 years old 109
10.2%
7 16 or 17 years old 54
5%
8 18 years old or older 1
0.1%
Sysmiss 44
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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