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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Age first tried cigarette (Q28)

Data file: AECH2005_Public_Use

Overview

Valid: 2022

Invalid: 92

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	1594	78.8%
2	7 years old or younger	98	4.8%
3	8 or 9 years old	73	3.6%
4	10 or 11 years old	74	3.7%
5	12 or 13 years old	89	4.4%
6	14 or 15 years old	68	3.4%
7	16 years old or older	26	1.3%
Sysmiss		92

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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