Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2018

Saint Lucia, 2018

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LCA_2018_GSHS_v01

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Ministry of Health and Wellness

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Global School-based Student Health Survey

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Initiation of cigarette use (Q28)

Data file: LCH2018_GSHS_Data_Public_Use

Overview

Valid: 1860

Invalid: 110

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 8

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	1445	77.7%
2	7 years old or younger	82	4.4%
3	8 or 9 years old	82	4.4%
4	10 or 11 years old	83	4.5%
5	12 or 13 years old	76	4.1%
6	14 or 15 years old	70	3.8%
7	16 or 17 years old	21	1.1%
8	18 years old or older	1	0.1%
Sysmiss		110

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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