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Global Youth Tobacco Survey 1999

Sri Lanka, 1999
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LKA_1999_GYTS_v01_M
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Ministry of Education and Higher Education
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Age first cigarette (CR2)

Data file: SRILANKA1999

Overview

Valid: 2738
Invalid: 158
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
How old were you when you first tried a cigarette?
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 I have never smoked cigarettes 2429
88.7%
2 7 years old or younger 61
2.2%
3 8 or 9 years old 44
1.6%
4 10 or 11 years old 59
2.2%
5 12 or 13 years old 69
2.5%
6 14 or 15 years old 52
1.9%
7 16 years old or older 24
0.9%
Sysmiss 158
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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