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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: MNG-urban-2023

Overview

Valid: 1536
Invalid: 79
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 1007
65.6%
2 7 years old or younger 50
3.3%
3 8 or 9 years old 37
2.4%
4 10 or 11 years old 50
3.3%
5 12 or 13 years old 165
10.7%
6 14 or 15 years old 154
10%
7 16 or 17 years old 71
4.6%
8 18 years old or older 2
0.1%
Sysmiss 79
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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