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Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2023
St Catherine Parish

Jamaica, 2023
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JAM_2023_GSHS_v01
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National Council on Drug Abuse
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Global School-based Student Health Survey
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May 13, 2026
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Initiation of cigarette use (to_agecig)

Data file: JAM-St-Cath-2023

Overview

Valid: 2785
Invalid: 256
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 1826
65.6%
2 7 years old or younger 102
3.7%
3 8 or 9 years old 104
3.7%
4 10 or 11 years old 166
6%
5 12 or 13 years old 266
9.6%
6 14 or 15 years old 223
8%
7 16 or 17 years old 93
3.3%
8 18 years old or older 5
0.2%
Sysmiss 256
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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