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_restofcountry_Public_Use

Overview

Valid: 1776

Invalid: 27

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	1275	71.8%
2	7 years old or younger	34	1.9%
3	8 or 9 years old	24	1.4%
4	10 or 11 years old	54	3%
5	12 or 13 years old	195	11%
6	14 or 15 years old	168	9.5%
7	16 years old or older	26	1.5%
Sysmiss		27

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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