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Laos - Viangchan Global Youth Tobacco Survey 2007

General Info

Provider 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Microdata access: Download
Geography 
Lao People's Democratic Republic (LAO)
Viangchan
Coverage type 
Subnational
Time period covered 
January, 2007 - December, 2007
Series or system 
Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS)
Data type
Survey: Facility (non-health)
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 aged 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, Tobacco smoking

Citation

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

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and World Health Organization (WHO). Lao People's Democratic Republic-Vientiane Province Global Youth Tobacco Survey 2007. United States: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 2007.


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