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Global Youth Tobacco Survey 2001

Myanmar, 2001
Reference ID
MMR_2001_GYTS_v01_M
Producer(s)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, World Health Organization
Metadata
DDI/XML JSON
Created on
Sep 16, 2015
Last modified
Mar 29, 2019
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  • Identification
  • Version
  • Scope
  • Coverage
  • Producers and sponsors
  • Survey instrument
  • Data collection
  • Data Access
  • Disclaimer and copyrights
  • Contacts
  • Metadata production

    • Identification

    Survey ID number

    MMR_2001_GYTS_v01_M
    Title

    Global Youth Tobacco Survey 2001
    Country
    Name
    Myanmar
    Study type

    Other Household Survey [hh/oth]
    Series Information

    Myanmar as a Party to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control had adopted the Control of Smoking and Consumption of Tobacco Products Law in 2006 which came into effect in May, 2007. Ministry of Health has been implementing tobacco control activities in collaboration with related ministries. Myanmar conducted Global Youth Tobacco Surveys (GYTS) in 2001, 2004 and 2007.
    Abstract

    Designed as standardized tool to collect data on tobacco use among youth in countries around the globe, the 2001 Myanmar Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) is a school-based survey of students aged 13-15 years. It provides a uniform methodology for constructing a sample frame, selecting schools and classes, preparing questionnaires, conducting fieldwork, and managing, processing, and analyzing data.
    Kind of Data

    Sample survey data [ssd]
    Unit of Analysis

    Students aged 13-15 years

    Version

    Version Description
    • v01: Edited, anonymous dataset for public distribution.

    Scope

    Notes

    The GYTS questionnaire covers topics such as young people’s knowledge and attitudes about smoking, prevalence of tobacco use, the role of advertising and media in tobacco use, and access to cigarettes.

    Coverage

    Geographic Coverage

    National

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    World Health Organization

    Survey instrument

    Questionnaires

    The GYTS questionnaire is composed of 56 core questions.

    Data collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End
    2001 2001

    Data Access

    Citation requirements

    Use of the dataset must be acknowledged using a citation which would include:

    • the Identification of the Primary Investigator
    • the title of the survey (including country, acronym and year of implementation)
    • the survey reference number
    • the source and date of download

    Example:
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, World Health Organization. Myammar Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) 2001, Ref. MMR_2001_GYTS_v01_M. Dataset downloaded from [url] on [date].

    Disclaimer and copyrights

    Disclaimer

    The user of the data acknowledges that the original collector of the data, the authorized distributor of the data, and the relevant funding agency bear no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses.

    Contacts

    Contacts
    Name Affiliation Email
    Tobacco Free Initiative (TFI) WHO Prevention of Noncommunicable Diseases tfi@who.int

    Metadata production

    DDI Document ID

    DDI_MMR_2001_GYTS_v01_M_WB
    Producers
    Name Affiliation Role
    Development Economics Data Group The World Bank Documentation of the DDI
    Date of Metadata Production

    2015-07-15

    Metadata version

    DDI Document version

    Version 01 (July 2015)
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