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Innovation Panel Variable

smoker

smoker

Datafile

indresp_ip

Question asked in the latest wave:

smoking_ip15.smoker

Question label:

Smoker

Question text:

Do you smoke cigarettes?

Question interviewer instructions:

EXCLUDE ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES

Further details:
For further details about this question, please see the questionnaires

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	34	1.25%
refusal	-2	2	0.07%
Yes	1	259	9.52%
No	2	2425	89.15%
	Total	2720	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	3	0.1%
refusal	-2	7	0.23%
Yes	1	297	9.7%
No	2	2754	89.97%
	Total	3061	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	15	0.66%
refusal	-2	2	0.09%
Yes	1	248	10.94%
No	2	2002	88.31%
	Total	2267	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	94	3.14%
refusal	-2	4	0.13%
Yes	1	408	13.65%
No	2	2484	83.08%
	Total	2990	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	89	3.46%
refusal	-2	1	0.04%
don't know	-1	2	0.08%
Yes	1	359	13.97%
No	2	2119	82.45%
	Total	2570	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	63	2.78%
refusal	-2	6	0.27%
yes	1	319	14.1%
no	2	1849	81.71%
	Total	2263	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	111	4.67%
don't know	-1	1	0.04%
yes	1	354	14.89%
no	2	1912	80.4%
	Total	2378	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
proxy	-7	76	3.15%
yes	1	376	15.58%
no	2	1961	81.27%
	Total	2413	100.0%

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