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Global School-based Student Health Survey 2005

United Arab Emirates, 2005
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ARE_2005_GSHS_v01_M
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Ministry of 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: AEFH2005_Public_Use

Overview

Valid: 1852
Invalid: 59
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 1556
84%
2 7 years old or younger 66
3.6%
3 8 or 9 years old 51
2.8%
4 10 or 11 years old 59
3.2%
5 12 or 13 years old 75
4%
6 14 or 15 years old 38
2.1%
7 16 years old or older 7
0.4%
Sysmiss 59
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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