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Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2017

Mauritius, 2017
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MUS_2017_GSHS_v01
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Ministry of Health
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Global School-based Student Health Survey
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Initiation of cigarette use (Q28)

Data file: MUBH2017_GSHS_Data_Public_Use

Overview

Valid: 2873
Invalid: 139
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 1986
69.1%
2 7 years old or younger 61
2.1%
3 8 or 9 years old 60
2.1%
4 10 or 11 years old 143
5%
5 12 or 13 years old 277
9.6%
6 14 or 15 years old 288
10%
7 16 or 17 years old 56
1.9%
8 18 years old or older 2
0.1%
Sysmiss 139
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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