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Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2012

Uruguay, 2012
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URY_2012_GSHS_v01
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Adolescent Ministry of Health
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Global School-based Student Health Survey
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Age first tried cigarette (Q28)

Data file: URY2012_national_Public_Use

Overview

Valid: 3474
Invalid: 50
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
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 2425
69.8%
2 7 years old or younger 60
1.7%
3 8 or 9 years old 57
1.6%
4 10 or 11 years old 114
3.3%
5 12 or 13 years old 425
12.2%
6 14 or 15 years old 356
10.2%
7 16 years old or older 37
1.1%
Sysmiss 50
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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