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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: CBAH2007_Public_Use

Overview

Valid: 1097
Invalid: 73
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 545
49.7%
2 7 years old or younger 32
2.9%
3 8 or 9 years old 45
4.1%
4 10 or 11 years old 150
13.7%
5 12 or 13 years old 206
18.8%
6 14 or 15 years old 109
9.9%
7 16 years old or older 10
0.9%
Sysmiss 73
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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