Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2018

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, 2018

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VCT_2018_GSHS_v01

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Ministry of Health, Wellness and Environment

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Global School-based Student Health Survey

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Initiation of cigarette use (q28)

Data file: VCHq

Overview

Valid: 1745

Invalid: 132

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

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	1263	72.4%
2	7 years old or younger	90	5.2%
3	8 or 9 years old	85	4.9%
4	10 or 11 years old	98	5.6%
5	12 or 13 years old	98	5.6%
6	14 or 15 years old	87	5%
7	16 or 17 years old	22	1.3%
8	18 years old or older	2	0.1%
Sysmiss		132

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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