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Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2007

Trinidad and Tobago, 2007
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TTO_2007_GSHS_v01
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Ministry of Health, Ministry of Education, Tobago House of Assembly
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Global School-based Student Health Survey
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Age first tried cigarette (Q28)

Data file: TTBH2007_Public_Use

Overview

Valid: 1137
Invalid: 140
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 840
73.9%
2 7 years old or younger 74
6.5%
3 8 or 9 years old 61
5.4%
4 10 or 11 years old 63
5.5%
5 12 or 13 years old 62
5.5%
6 14 or 15 years old 32
2.8%
7 16 years old or older 5
0.4%
Sysmiss 140
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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