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Assessing the linkages between socioeconomic status, perceived personal risk, and risk factors for cardiovascular and related non-communicable diseases in a population of slum dwellers in Nairobi, Kenya

KENYA, 2008 - 2009
Health and Well-Being (HaW)
African Population and Health Research Center
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Age when started smoking (v1404)

Data file: CVDMain_data

Overview

vald 5468
invd 2
Interval discrete
Decimal 0
Range 1 - 99

Questions and instructions

Literal question
14.4 How old were you when you first started smoking daily?
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 1
0%
7 2
0%
8 2
0%
9 1
0%
10 7
0.1%
11 7
0.1%
12 3
0.1%
13 3
0.1%
14 19
0.3%
15 49
0.9%
16 37
0.7%
17 26
0.5%
18 64
1.2%
19 28
0.5%
20 128
2.3%
21 22
0.4%
22 22
0.4%
23 13
0.2%
24 15
0.3%
25 39
0.7%
26 7
0.1%
27 5
0.1%
28 8
0.1%
29 1
0%
30 18
0.3%
31 2
0%
32 5
0.1%
33 3
0.1%
34 5
0.1%
35 4
0.1%
36 3
0.1%
37 1
0%
38 3
0.1%
39 1
0%
40 3
0.1%
43 1
0%
54 1
0%
55 1
0%
65 1
0%
95 Missing 0
0%
97 Refused 1
0%
98 Don't Know 32
0.6%
99 NA 4874
89.1%
Sysmiss 2
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.
Question pretext
14.0 Risk factors and preventive behaviour.

Now I am going to ask you some questions about various health behaviours. This includes things like smoking, drinking alcohol,what you eat and physical activity. Let's start with tobacco.
Question post text
YEARS;DONT REMEMBER...98
Interviewer instructions
IF AGE IS KNOWN, FILL THE BOX AND SKIP TO 14.6, IF DONT REMEMBER CIRCLE 98

Description

Text
Age when started smoking
Universe
All DSS Residents 50 years and above