Global Youth Tobacco Survey 2016
West Bank

West Bank and Gaza, 2016

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Reference ID

WBG_2016_GYTS_v01_M

Producer(s)

Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Education and Higher Education

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Age first cigarette (CR6)

Data file: WESTBANK_16

Overview

Valid: 1455

Invalid: 63

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

The next questions ask about your use of tobacco.

Literal question

How old were you when you first tried a cigarette?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	I have never tried smoking a cigarette	856	58.8%
2	7 years old or younger	60	4.1%
3	10 or 11 years old	82	5.6%
4	8 or 9 years old	123	8.5%
5	12 or 13 years old	186	12.8%
6	14 or 15 years old	135	9.3%
7	16 years old or older	13	0.9%
Sysmiss		63

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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