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Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2008

Thailand, 2008
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THA_2008_GSHS_v01
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Ministry of Public Health, Ministry of Education
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Global School-based Student Health Survey
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Age first tried cigarette (Q28)

Data file: THA2008_public_use

Overview

Valid: 2555
Invalid: 212
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 33
End: 33
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 2187
85.6%
2 7 years old or younger 29
1.1%
3 8 or 9 years old 45
1.8%
4 10 or 11 years old 58
2.3%
5 12 or 13 years old 154
6%
6 14 or 15 years old 82
3.2%
7 16 years old or older 0
0%
Sysmiss 212
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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