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New Caledonia Global Youth Tobacco Survey 2010

General Info

Provider 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Microdata access: Download
Geography 
France (FRA)
New Caledonia
Coverage type 
Subnational
Time period covered 
January, 2010 - December, 2010
Series or system 
Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS)
Data type
Survey: Cross-sectional - Facility (non-health) - Individual - Interview
Summary 

Designed as standardized tool to collect data on tobacco use among youth in countries around the globe, the GYTS is a school-based survey of students ages 13-15 years. It provides a uniform methodology for constructing a sample frame, selecting schools and classes, preparing questionnaires, conducting fieldwork, and managing, processing, and analyzing data. Composed of 56 core questions, the GYTS questionnaire covers topics such as young people’s knowledge and attitudes about smoking, prevalence of tobacco use, the role of advertising and media in tobacco use, and access to cigarettes.

Keywords 
Adolescents, Secondhand smoke, Health literacy, Tobacco smoking

Citation

Contributors 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
World Health Organization (WHO)
Funders 
Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA)
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
National Cancer Institute (NCI) (United States)
World Health Organization (WHO)
Publisher 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Publication year 
2013
Suggested citation 

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), World Health Organization (WHO). New Caledonia Global Youth Tobacco Survey 2010. Atlanta, United States: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 2013.


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