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Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2003

Uganda, 2003
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UGA_2003_GSHS_v01
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Ministry of Health, Ministry of Education and Sports
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Global School-based Student Health Survey
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Age first tried cigarette (Q28)

Data file: UGH2003_public_use

Overview

Valid: 2844
Invalid: 371
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
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 2551
89.7%
2 7 years old or younger 73
2.6%
3 8 or 9 years old 40
1.4%
4 10 or 11 years old 51
1.8%
5 12 or 13 years old 60
2.1%
6 14 or 15 years old 40
1.4%
7 16 years old or older 29
1%
Sysmiss 371
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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