Global Youth Tobacco Survey 2017

Ghana, 2017

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Reference ID

GHA_2017_GYTS_v01

Producer(s)

Ministry of Health, Ghana Health Service

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Global Youth Tobacco Survey

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Sep 15, 2020

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Age first cigarette (CR6)

Data file: GHANA_17

Overview

Valid: 5239

Invalid: 425

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

How old were you when you first tried a cigarette?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	I have never smoked cigarettes	4925	94%
2	7 years old or younger	71	1.4%
3	8 or 9 years old	56	1.1%
4	10 or 11 years old	56	1.1%
5	12 or 13 years old	63	1.2%
6	14 or 15 years old	59	1.1%
7	16 years old or older	9	0.2%
Sysmiss		425

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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