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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Scottish Health Survey, 2010

Variable Details

VariableStartSmk
LabelAge when started smoking (CAPI)
Question text How old were you when you started to smoke cigarettes regularly?
Responses
-9 Refusal 2
-8 Don't know 11
-6 Schedule not obtained 0
-2 Schedule not applicable 1990
-1 Item not applicable 3435
5 4
6 2
7 8
8 15
9 31
10 31
11 57
12 151
13 183
14 380
15 538
16 548
17 310
18 431
19 147
20 209
21 126
22 90
23 42
24 29
25 74
26 22
27 17
28 21
29 7
30 35
31 1
32 8
33 4
34 4
35 17
36 8
38 3
39 2
40 12
41 2
42 1
44 1
45 1
46 2
47 2
48 2
50 4
53 1
56 1
57 1
59 1
62 1
70 1
97 Never smoked regularly 12
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationScottish Health Survey, 2010
Interviewer InstructionsIF 'Never smoked regularly', CODE 97.
UniverseLocation of units of observation: National;Population: Adults aged 16 and over and children aged 0-15 years living in private households in Scotland, 2010.
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study
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