Ever smoked cigarettes regularly
Datafile
Index term
Question asked in the latest wave:
smokinghistory_w5.smcigs
Question label:
Ever smoked cigarettes regularly
Question text:
Have you ever smoked cigarettes regularly, that is at least one cigarette a day, or did you smoke them only occasionally?
Question universe:
if SMEver = 1 (ever smoked cigarettes)
and if SMNow = 2 (does not smoke cigarettes nowadays)
Further details:
For further details about this question, please see the questionnaires
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 26842 | 59.87% |
| proxy | -7 | 3858 | 8.6% |
| don't know | -1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| smoked regularly, at least one per day | 1 | 10023 | 22.35% |
| smoke them only occasionally | 2 | 2383 | 5.31% |
| spontaneous: never really smoked cigarettes, just tried them | 3 | 1730 | 3.86% |
| Total | 44837 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 33406 | 61.22% |
| proxy | -7 | 3880 | 7.11% |
| don't know | -1 | 3 | 0.01% |
| smoked regularly, at least one per day | 1 | 11840 | 21.7% |
| smoke them only occasionally | 2 | 3107 | 5.69% |
| spontaneous never really smoked cigarettes, just tried them once or twice | 3 | 2332 | 4.27% |
| Total | 54568 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 6281 | 37.84% |
| proxy | -7 | 889 | 5.36% |
| Yes | 1 | 3367 | 20.29% |
| No | 2 | 6060 | 36.51% |
| Total | 16597 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| missing | -9 | 6 | 0.04% |
| inapplicable | -8 | 9696 | 62.06% |
| proxy | -7 | 435 | 2.78% |
| Smoked regularly | 1 | 3440 | 22.02% |
| Smoked occasionally | 2 | 894 | 5.72% |
| Never really smoked | 3 | 1152 | 7.37% |
| Total | 15623 | 100.0% |
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