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Qatar Global Youth Tobacco Survey 2018

General Info

Provider 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Microdata access: Download
Geography 
Qatar (QAT)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
January, 2018 - December, 2018
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 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. A total of 2,071 students completed the 2018 survey in Qatar.

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

Citation

Contributors 
World Health Organization (WHO)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Ministry of Public Health (Qatar)
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), Ministry of Public Health (Qatar), World Health Organization (WHO). Qatar Global Youth Tobacco Survey 2018. Atlanta, United States of America: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

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