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Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2009

Anguilla, 2009
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AIA_2009_GSHS_v01
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Ministry of Social Development
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Global School-based Student Health Survey
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Age first tried cigarette (Q28)

Data file: AIA2009_Public_Use

Overview

Valid: 892
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 664
74.4%
2 7 years old or younger 51
5.7%
3 8 or 9 years old 33
3.7%
4 10 or 11 years old 47
5.3%
5 12 or 13 years old 56
6.3%
6 14 or 15 years old 37
4.1%
7 16 years old or older 4
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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