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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reason start smoking (PBR8)

Data file: WESTBANK_16

Overview

Valid: 1507

Invalid: 11

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Range: 1 - 6

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

What was the reason that made you start smoking tobacco?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	I don't smoke tobacco	894	59.3%
2	Curiosity and experiment	352	23.4%
3	Beer pressure	84	5.6%
4	Model effect (such as father, brother, teacher or a celebrity)	75	5%
5	Filling free time	30	2%
6	Others	72	4.8%
Sysmiss		11

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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