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: CBBH2007_Public_Use

Overview

Valid: 530

Invalid: 37

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	241	45.5%
2	7 years old or younger	16	3%
3	8 or 9 years old	18	3.4%
4	10 or 11 years old	66	12.5%
5	12 or 13 years old	129	24.3%
6	14 or 15 years old	54	10.2%
7	16 years old or older	6	1.1%
Sysmiss		37

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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