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Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2007

India, 2007
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IND_2007_GSHS_v01_M
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Central Board of Secondary Education
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Age first tried cigarette (Q28)

Data file: IIH2007_Public_Use

Overview

Valid: 7840
Invalid: 290
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 7537
96.1%
2 7 years old or younger 57
0.7%
3 8 or 9 years old 51
0.7%
4 10 or 11 years old 41
0.5%
5 12 or 13 years old 86
1.1%
6 14 or 15 years old 52
0.7%
7 16 years old or older 16
0.2%
Sysmiss 290
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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