Home / Central Data Catalog / MUS_2016_GYTS_V01_M / variable [F2]
central

Global Youth Tobacco Survey 2016

Mauritius, 2016
Get Microdata
Reference ID
MUS_2016_GYTS_v01_M
Producer(s)
Ministry of Health and Quality of Life
Metadata
Documentation in PDF DDI/XML JSON
Study website
Created on
Mar 19, 2024
Last modified
Mar 19, 2024
Page views
2286
Downloads
115

Age first cigarette (CR6)

Data file: MUS2016

Overview

Valid: 4047
Invalid: 94
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext
The next questions ask about your use of tobacco.
Literal question
How old were you when you first tried a cigarette?
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 I have never tried smoking a cigarette 2912
72%
2 7 years old or younger 94
2.3%
3 10 or 11 years old 92
2.3%
4 8 or 9 years old 182
4.5%
5 12 or 13 years old 407
10.1%
6 14 or 15 years old 310
7.7%
7 16 years old or older 50
1.2%
Sysmiss 94
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.
Back to Catalog