Latin American Center for Human Economy

The Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) is designed to produce national and subnational estimates on tobacco use. The Uruguay GATS 2009 surveyed 5,581 non-institutionalized men and women ages 15 and older. The survey featured questions on smoking and smokeless tobacco use, cessation, secondhand smoke, and knowledge and perceptions of smoking.

Keywords

Assets, Education, Electricity, Employment, Secondhand smoke, Family size, Health care use, Health literacy, Internet, Mass media, Refrigeration, Sanitation, Smokeless tobacco use, Telephones, Tobacco smoking, Traditional medicine, Transportation

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Contributors

World Health Organization (WHO)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)

Ministry of Public Health (Uruguay)

National Institute of Statistics (Uruguay)

Latin American Center for Human Economy

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Research Triangle Institute, Inc. (RTI)

Funders

CDC Foundation

Bloomberg Initiative to Reduce Tobacco Use

Suggested citation

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Latin American Center for Human Economy, Ministry of Public Health (Uruguay), National Institute of Statistics (Uruguay), Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Research Triangle Institute, Inc. (RTI), World Health Organization (WHO). Uruguay Global Adult Tobacco Survey 2009.

GHDx Entry last modified on: Aug 5, 2021

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