Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2019

Mauritius, 2019

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MUS_2019_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: MUS_Rodrigues_2019_GSHS

Overview

Valid: 2516

Invalid: 199

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	1436	57.1%
2	7 years old or younger	118	4.7%
3	8 or 9 years old	110	4.4%
4	10 or 11 years old	155	6.2%
5	12 or 13 years old	275	10.9%
6	14 or 15 years old	296	11.8%
7	16 or 17 years old	116	4.6%
8	18 years old or older	10	0.4%
Sysmiss		199

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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