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Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2010

West Bank and Gaza, 2010
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WBG_2010_GSHS_v01_M
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Ministry of Health, United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
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Age first tried cigarette (Q28)

Data file: PSE2010_UNRWA_WestBank_Public_Use

Overview

Valid: 1853
Invalid: 162
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Width: 1
Range: 1 - 7
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext
The next 6 questions ask about cigarette and other tobacco use.
Literal question
How old were you when you first tried a cigarette?
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 I have never smoked cigarettes 1288
69.5%
2 7 years old or younger 104
5.6%
3 8 or 9 years old 93
5%
4 10 or 11 years old 129
7%
5 12 or 13 years old 158
8.5%
6 14 or 15 years old 78
4.2%
7 16 years old or older 3
0.2%
Sysmiss 162
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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