IPUMS CPS: descr: TAGESMK

IPUMS CPS

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TAGESMK

Age when started smoking cigarettes regularly

Codes

995 = Never smoked regularly
996 = Refused
997 = Don't Know
998 = No Response
999 = N.I.U. (Not in Universe).

Universe

1985: Persons age 16+ who have smoked at least 100 cigarettes
1989: Persons age 15+ who have smoked at least 100 cigarettes
1992-1993 (selected months): People who have smoked at least 100 cigarettes, and who did not claim to have never smoked regularly or not know what age they began.
1995-2007 (selected months): Responded that they had smoked at least 100 cigarettes in their lifetime.
2010+: Persons interviewed for the Tobacco Use Supplement (TBRESP) who responded that they had smoked at least 100 cigarettes in their lifetime

Years	Jan	Feb	ASEC	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1985	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	X	-	-	-
1989	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	X	-	-	-
1992	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	X	-	-	-
1993	X	-	-	-	X	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1995	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	X	-	-	-
1996	X	-	-	-	X	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1998	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	X	-	-	-
1999 – 2000	X	-	-	-	X	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2001	-	-	-	-	-	X	-	-	-	-	X	-
2002	-	X	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2003	-	X	-	-	-	X	-	-	-	-	X	-
2006	-	-	-	-	X	-	-	X	-	-	-	-
2007	X	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2010	-	-	-	-	X	-	-	X	-	-	-	-
2011	X	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2014	-	-	-	-	-	-	X	-	-	-	-	-
2015	X	-	-	-	X	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	X	-	-	-	-	-
2019	X	-	-	-	X	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2022	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	X	-	-	-