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Sri Lanka Global Adult Tobacco Survey 2019-2020

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General Info
Provider 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
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Geography 
Sri Lanka (LKA)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
12/2019 - 07/2020
Series or system 
Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS)
Data type
Survey:
  • Household
  • Individual
  • Interview
  • Nationally representative
  • Urban-rural representative
Summary 

The Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) is a household survey that collects data on non-institutionalized men and women ages 15 years and older using a standardized methodology for constructing the sample frame, selecting households, and processing data.

The GATS is designed to produce national and subnational estimates on tobacco use. The 2019-2020 Sri Lanka GATS sampled 7,172 households and 6,770 individuals completed interviews, with one individual randomly selected from each participating household. 

Keywords 
Counseling, Education, Electricity, Employment, Ethnicity, Family size, Health care use, Health literacy, Health promotion, Internet, Marital status, Mass media, Medicines, Pregnancy, Refrigeration, Religion, Sanitation, Secondhand smoke, Smokeless tobacco use, Telephones, Tobacco and nicotine use, Tobacco smoking, Traditional medicine, Transportation, Working conditions
GHDx Entry last modified on: Feb 6, 2025