Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Health Survey for England, 2014

Variable Details

VariableStartSmk
LabelAge when started smoking
Question text How old were you when you started to smoke cigarettes regularly?
Responses
4 1
6 2
7 4
8 15
9 24
10 35
11 70
12 102
13 192
14 357
15 503
16 532
17 341
18 433
19 158
20 185
21 96
22 79
23 40
24 33
25 81
26 20
27 6
28 22
29 8
30 32
31 2
32 3
33 3
34 2
35 14
36 3
37 2
38 2
39 3
40 8
41 1
42 1
44 1
45 3
46 2
47 1
48 2
49 1
50 2
55 1
56 1
97 Never smoked regularly 10
-9 Refused 1
-8 Don't know 6
-7 Refused/not obtained 0
-6 Schedule not obtained 0
-2 Schedule not applicable 0
-1 Not applicable 6634
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationHealth Survey for England, 2014
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) in the general population, living in private households in England during 2014.
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study; The survey is conducted annually.