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Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2017

Jamaica, 2017
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JAM_2017_GSHS_v01_M
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National Council on Drug Abuse
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Initiation of cigarette use (Q28)

Data file: JMH2017_GSHS

Overview

Valid: 1562
Invalid: 105
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Width: 1
Range: 1 - 8
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 971
62.2%
2 7 years old or younger 94
6%
3 8 or 9 years old 81
5.2%
4 10 or 11 years old 115
7.4%
5 12 or 13 years old 144
9.2%
6 14 or 15 years old 116
7.4%
7 16 or 17 years old 39
2.5%
8 18 years old or older 2
0.1%
Sysmiss 105
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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