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Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2023
Fez

Morocco, 2023
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2023_MAR_GSHS_v01
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Ministry of Health and Social Protection
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Global School-based Student Health Survey
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May 08, 2026
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Initiation of cigarette use (to_agecig)

Data file: MAR-Fez2023

Overview

Valid: 4028
Invalid: 144
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Width: 38
Range: 1 - 8
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
How old were you when you first tried smoking a cigarette?
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 I have never tried smoking a cigarette 3527
87.6%
2 7 years old or younger 69
1.7%
3 8 or 9 years old 31
0.8%
4 10 or 11 years old 48
1.2%
5 12 or 13 years old 106
2.6%
6 14 or 15 years old 145
3.6%
7 16 or 17 years old 82
2%
8 18 years old or older 20
0.5%
Sysmiss 144
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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