Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Scottish Health Survey, 2016

Variable Details

VariableStartSmk
LabelAge when started smoking (CAPI)
Question text How old were you when you started to smoke cigarettes regularly?
Responses
4 2
5 2
7 6
8 5
9 6
10 17
11 38
12 71
13 108
14 198
15 321
16 313
17 167
18 228
19 91
20 99
21 72
22 27
23 25
24 19
25 35
26 10
27 11
28 9
29 7
30 17
31 3
32 2
33 3
34 1
35 7
36 4
37 1
39 2
40 5
41 1
42 1
43 1
45 3
50 2
55 1
56 1
58 1
59 1
60 3
97 Never smoked regularly 8
-9 Refusal 0
-8 Don't know 2
-2 Schedule not applicable 1652
-1 Item not applicable 2275
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationScottish Health Survey, 2016
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 during 2015.
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study