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Latvia Global Youth Tobacco Survey 2019

General Info

Provider 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Microdata access: Download
Geography 
Latvia (LVA)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
January, 2019 - December, 2019
Series or system 
Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS)
Data type
Survey: Cross-sectional - Facility (non-health) - Individual
Summary 

Designed as a 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. A total of 4,226 students completed the 2019 survey in Latvia.

Keywords 
Adolescents, Education, Employment, Secondhand smoke, Health literacy, Health promotion, Mass media, Smokeless tobacco use, Tobacco smoking, ENDS use

Citation

Contributors 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
World Health Organization (WHO)
Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (Latvia)
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)
Suggested citation 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (Latvia), World Health Organization (WHO). Latvia Global Youth Tobacco Survey 2019. Atlanta, United States of America: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

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