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Ghana Global Youth Tobacco Survey 2017

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General Info
Provider 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Tabulations only
Geography 
Ghana (GHA)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
01/2017 - 12/2017
Series or system 
Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS)
Data type
Survey:
  • Cross-sectional
  • Facility (non-health)
  • Individual
  • Nationally representative
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.

The Ghana 2017 GYTS surveyed 5,664 students.

Keywords 
Adolescents, Secondhand smoke, Health literacy, Health promotion, Mass media, School enrollment, Smokeless tobacco use, Tobacco smoking, ENDS use
GHDx Entry last modified on: Aug 13, 2021