Codes and Frequencies
An 'X' indicates the category is available for that sample
| Code | Label |
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|---|---|---|
| 0 | NIU | X |
| 1 | Never smoked regularly | X |
| 2 | 8 or younger | X |
| 3 | 9 or 10 | X |
| 4 | 11 or 12 | X |
| 5 | 13 or 14 | X |
| 6 | 15 or 16 | X |
| 7 | 17 or older | X |
| 9 | Unknown | X |
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Description
For respondents age 12 to 21, this variable reports the age when the respondent first started smoking cigarettes "fairly regularly," which was defined as at least one cigarette every day for 30 days.
[show more]This variable was part of the 1992Youth Behavior Survey (YBS), conducted several months after the 1992 NHIS. The YBS was conducted to gather information on the prevalence of good and bad health behaviors among youth in order to develop programs to improve the health of young people. For a list of other tobacco related variables in the 1992 YBS see SMOKEPUFFEV. No list in SMOKEPUFFEV
Universe
- 1992: Sample persons age 12-21.
Availability
- 1992
Survey Text
| 1992 |
1992
Survey form
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16. How old were you when you first started smoking cigarettes regularly? (At least one cigarette every day for 30 days.)
[] This question does not apply to me because I have not done this regularly.
[] 8 years old or younger
[] 9 or 10 years old
[] 11 or 12 years old
[] 13 or 14 years old
[] 15 or 16 years old
[] 17 years or older
[] 8 years old or younger
[] 9 or 10 years old
[] 11 or 12 years old
[] 13 or 14 years old
[] 15 or 16 years old
[] 17 years or older
Weights
- 1992 : SUPP2WT