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Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2023

Mongolia, 2023
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MNG_2023_GSHS_v01
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National Center for Public Health
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Global School-based Student Health Survey
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Initiation of cigarette use (to_agecig)

Data file: MNG2023

Overview

Valid: 3126
Invalid: 185
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 2116
67.7%
2 7 years old or younger 87
2.8%
3 8 or 9 years old 70
2.2%
4 10 or 11 years old 110
3.5%
5 12 or 13 years old 308
9.9%
6 14 or 15 years old 302
9.7%
7 16 or 17 years old 128
4.1%
8 18 years old or older 5
0.2%
Sysmiss 185
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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