Youth Smoking Survey, 1994
The Youth Smoking Survey (YSS) is a national survey designed to provide both national (excluding Yukon and Northwest Territories) and provincial baseline data on the knowledge, attitudes and behaviours of young people in Canada on a wide variety of tobacco issues. To support national and provincial...
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ftunibritcolumdv:hdl:11272.1/AB2/32MGET 2024-06-23T07:55:42+00:00 Youth Smoking Survey, 1994 Statistics Canada: Special Surveys Division 1994 https://hdl.handle.net/11272.1/AB2/32MGET unknown Abacus Data Network https://hdl.handle.net/11272.1/AB2/32MGET Other Health Dataset 1994 ftunibritcolumdv 2024-05-27T08:20:53Z The Youth Smoking Survey (YSS) is a national survey designed to provide both national (excluding Yukon and Northwest Territories) and provincial baseline data on the knowledge, attitudes and behaviours of young people in Canada on a wide variety of tobacco issues. To support national and provincial efforts in preventing and reducing tobacco use by Canadian youth, it is necessary to obtain survey data that provide estimates of smoking prevalence in each region and enable analysis of the social factors associated with tobacco use. The YSS was specifically designed to collect information on the following topic areas: the prevalence of smoking among 10-19 year olds; the types of smoking behaviour among young people (e.g. experimental smoking, occasional smoking, regular smoking); the social and demographic factors associated with smoking behaviour (e.g. what motivates young people to smoke, the influence of family and peers); where and how young people obtain cigarettes; attitudes and beliefs about smoking; awareness of health risks due to smoking; the impact of smoking policies in schools and the workplace; the perception of sponsorship of cultural programs and sporting events by tobacco corporations; brand recognition among young people and their reaction to plain packaging; basic household demographic including household composition and labour force activity, industry and occupation of parents. Dataset Northwest Territories Yukon Abacus Data Network Canada Northwest Territories Yukon |
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The Youth Smoking Survey (YSS) is a national survey designed to provide both national (excluding Yukon and Northwest Territories) and provincial baseline data on the knowledge, attitudes and behaviours of young people in Canada on a wide variety of tobacco issues. To support national and provincial efforts in preventing and reducing tobacco use by Canadian youth, it is necessary to obtain survey data that provide estimates of smoking prevalence in each region and enable analysis of the social factors associated with tobacco use. The YSS was specifically designed to collect information on the following topic areas: the prevalence of smoking among 10-19 year olds; the types of smoking behaviour among young people (e.g. experimental smoking, occasional smoking, regular smoking); the social and demographic factors associated with smoking behaviour (e.g. what motivates young people to smoke, the influence of family and peers); where and how young people obtain cigarettes; attitudes and beliefs about smoking; awareness of health risks due to smoking; the impact of smoking policies in schools and the workplace; the perception of sponsorship of cultural programs and sporting events by tobacco corporations; brand recognition among young people and their reaction to plain packaging; basic household demographic including household composition and labour force activity, industry and occupation of parents. |
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Youth Smoking Survey, 1994 |
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Youth Smoking Survey, 1994 |
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Youth Smoking Survey, 1994 |
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Canada Northwest Territories Yukon |
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Canada Northwest Territories Yukon |
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Northwest Territories Yukon |
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Northwest Territories Yukon |
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