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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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Age first tried e-cigarette (to_agefirstecig)

Data file: JAM-St-Cath-2023

Overview

Valid: 2940
Invalid: 101
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Width: 42
Range: 1 - 8
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
How old were you when you first tried an electronic cigarette or e-cigarette?
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 I have never tried an electronic cigarette 2015
68.5%
2 7 years old or younger 82
2.8%
3 8 or 9 years old 47
1.6%
4 10 or 11 years old 108
3.7%
5 12 or 13 years old 253
8.6%
6 14 or 15 years old 288
9.8%
7 16 or 17 years old 132
4.5%
8 18 years old or older 15
0.5%
Sysmiss 101
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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