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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Health Survey for England, 2016

Variable Details

VariableStartSmk
LabelAge when started smoking (Capi)
Question text How old were you when you started to smoke cigarettes regularly?
Responses
5 1
6 2
7 16
8 14
9 23
10 37
11 72
12 107
13 188
14 349
15 490
16 564
17 331
18 486
19 169
20 208
21 107
22 74
23 37
24 29
25 58
26 12
27 10
28 14
29 6
30 28
31 1
32 6
33 3
34 3
35 10
36 4
37 2
40 11
41 1
42 1
45 2
48 1
49 1
50 3
60 1
65 1
68 1
97 Never smoked regularly 6
-9 Refused 2
-8 Don't know 6
-1 Not applicable 6569
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationHealth Survey for England, 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) in the general population, living in private households in England during 2016.
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study The survey is conducted annually.
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