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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Health Survey for England Time Series Dataset, 1991-2009

Variable Details

Variablestartsmk
Labelage when started smoking
Responses
-90 34
-9 no answer/refused 13
-8 don't know 170
-7 refused/not obtained 0
-6 schedule not obtained 0
-2 schedule not applicable 0
-1 item not applicable 83338
2 1
3 1
4 13
5 35
6 43
7 138
8 221
9 462
10 710
11 1498
12 2494
13 3650
14 8785
15 11272
16 13210
17 8137
18 10819
19 3891
20 4791
21 2605
22 1635
23 965
24 782
25 1406
26 469
27 337
28 413
29 168
30 844
31 85
32 174
33 102
34 97
35 296
36 70
37 73
38 101
39 57
40 276
41 31
42 45
43 32
44 25
45 86
46 20
47 25
48 24
49 7
50 73
51 10
52 10
53 7
54 8
55 14
56 12
57 7
58 7
59 6
60 20
61 7
62 2
63 3
64 2
65 6
66 1
67 3
68 3
69 2
70 10
71 2
72 2
73 1
75 2
76 1
77 1
79 2
80 1
81 1
82 2
97 never smoked regularly 552
Sysmiss 40813
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationHealth Survey for England Time Series Dataset, 1991-2009
UniverseGeneral population of England 1991-2009 aged 16 years and over;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified and clustered sample. Sample design varies between years
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study; 1991-2009, combined into a time-series dataset
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