Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2007
Subnational coverage for Bogotá, Bogotá (official schools), Bogotá (private schools), Bucaramanga City, Cali City, Manizales, and Valledupar City.

Colombia, 2007

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COL_2007_GSHS_v01_M

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Instituto Nacional de Cancerologia

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Age first tried cigarette (Q28)

Data file: CBGH2007_Public_Use

Overview

Valid: 1627

Invalid: 110

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	786	48.3%
2	7 years old or younger	48	3%
3	8 or 9 years old	63	3.9%
4	10 or 11 years old	216	13.3%
5	12 or 13 years old	335	20.6%
6	14 or 15 years old	163	10%
7	16 years old or older	16	1%
Sysmiss		110

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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