Thailand Global Adult Tobacco Survey 2011

General Info

Provider

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

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Geography

Thailand (THA)

Coverage type

Country

Time period covered

February, 2011 - May, 2011

Series or system

Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS)

Data type

Survey: Household - Nationally representative

Summary

The Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) is designed to produce national and subnational estimates on tobacco use. The Thailand GATS was conducted in 2009 and surveyed 20,566 non-institutionalized men and women ages 15 and older. The survey featured questions on smoking and smokeless tobacco use, cessation, secondhand smoke, economics, media, and knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions.

Keywords

Assets, Education, Electricity, Employment, Employment benefits, Secondhand smoke, Family size, Health care use, Health literacy, Income, Marital status, Mass media, Refrigeration, Sanitation, Telephones, Tobacco smoking, Traditional medicine, Transportation

Citation

Contributors

World Health Organization (WHO)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Ministry of Public Health (Thailand)

National Statistical Office (Thailand)

Faculty of Public Health at Mahidol University (Thailand)

Tobacco Control Research and Knowledge Management Center (Thailand)

Health Systems Research Institute (Thailand)

Baqai Institute of Diabetology and Endocrinology (BIDE) (Pakistan)

Funders

Bloomberg Initiative to Reduce Tobacco Use

Suggested citation

Action on Smoking and Health Foundation (Thailand), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Faculty of Public Health at Mahidol University (Thailand), Health Systems Research Institute (Thailand), Ministry of Public Health (Thailand), National Statistical Office (Thailand), Tobacco Control Research and Knowledge Management Center (Thailand), World Health Organization (WHO). Thailand Global Adult Tobacco Survey 2011.