Table 1

Sample size and response rates: Global Youth Tobacco Survey 1999–2001

Country	Number of schools that participated	School response rate (%)	Number of students who participated	Student response rate (%)	Overall response rate	Number of students age 13–15 who participated	Per cent students age 13–15 (%)
*Participated in US Youth Tobacco Survey that includes grades 6–12. Values for this paper only include ages 13–15 years from that total.
WHO regional offices: AFRO, Regional Office for Africa; AMRO/PAHO, Regional Office for the Americas/Pan American Health Organization; EMRO, Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean; EURO, Regional Office for Europe; SEARO, Regional Office for South-East Asia; WPRO, Regional Office for the Western Pacific.
AFRO
Ghana 2000	50	100.0	1917	83.1	83.1	1088	56.8
Malawi
Blantyre 2001	24	92.3	1308	85.2	78.6	783	60.0
Lilongwe 2001	25	100.0	1820	84.0	84.0	1083	59.5
Nigeria
Cross River State 2001	45	90.0	2049	85.7	77.1	914	44.6
South Africa 1999	123	76.9	6045	85.5	65.7	2579	42.7
Zimbabwe
Harare 1999	24	100.0	896	83.0	83.0	621	69.3
Manicaland 1999	33	100.0	1358	89.7	89.7	700	51.5
AMRO/PAHO
Antigua & Barbuda 2000	27	100.0	1795	91.7	91.7	1183	65.9
Argentina
Buenos Aires 2000	44	95.6	2254	88.5	84.7	1686	74.8
Bahamas 2000	23	92.0	1698	75.2	69.2	1174	69.1
Barbados 1999	18	94.7	1647	96.2	91.1	1317	80.0
Bolivia
Cochabamba 2000	41	91.1	5270	86.8	79.1	4152	78.8
La Paz 2000	38	95.0	4639	83.7	79.5	3443	74.2
Santa Cruz 2000	44	88.0	4361	82.0	72.2	3234	74.2
Chile
Coquimbo 2000	25	100.0	1746	92.1	92.1	1322	75.7
Santiago 2000	49	98.0	3150	86.0	84.3	2412	76.6
Valparaíso–Viña del Mar 2000	23	92.0	1452	86.8	79.8	1092	75.2
Costa Rica 1999	62	100.0	4623	90.4	90.4	3839	83.0
Cuba
Havana 2001	25	100.0	1982	91.0	91.0	1376	69.4
Dominica 2000	23	100.0	1626	86.6	86.6	1004	61.7
Grenada 2000	37	92.5	3428	79.2	73.3	1807	52.7
Guyana 2000	43	86.0	906	72.1	62.0	603	66.6
Haiti
Port-au-Prince 2001	20	80.0	1901	97.5	78.0	1039	54.7
Jamaica 2001	50	100.0	1742	86.5	86.5	1256	72.1
Mexico
Monterrey 2000	48	96.0	1926	87.3	83.8	1517	78.8
Montserrat 2000	1	100.0	167	93.0	93.0	129	77.2
Peru
Huancayo 2000	25	100.0	1351	92.4	92.4	1006	75.5
Lima 2000	48	98.0	1647	92.0	90.0	1217	75.0
Tarapoto 2000	13	100.0	1057	88.4	88.4	771	73.6
Trujillo 2000	23	95.8	1277	85.6	82.1	1026	81.1
St Lucia 2001	25	100.0	1737	86.2	86.2	1068	61.5
St Vincent & the Grenadines 2001	40	100.0	1511	78.4	78.4	1180	78.1
Suriname 2000	50	100.0	1788	84.5	84.5	797	44.6
Trinidad & Tobago 2000	53	88.3	2363	85.2	75.2	2115	79.5
USA 2000*	324	90.0	35828	93.4	84.1	16416	45.8
Uruguay
Colonia 2001	4	100.0	682	90.0	90.0	473	69.4
Maldonado 2001	12	100.0	1157	87.0	87.0	815	70.4
Montevideo 2001	48	96.0	1849	85.6	82.1	1320	71.4
Rivera 2001	10	100.0	1137	83.1	83.1	805	70.8
Venezuela 1999	96	93.2	3767	99.7	92.9	2237	59.4
Virgin Islands (Am.) 2001*	43	89.6	2607	86.5	77.5	1188	45.6
EMRO
Gaza Strip and West Bank
Gaza Strip 2001	25	100.0	2906	95.8	95.8	1940	66.8
North West Bank 2001	25	100.0	2853	95.5	95.5	1324	46.4
Middle West Bank 2001	25	100.0	2880	93.6	93.6	1538	53.4
South West Bank 2001	24	96.0	2641	95.4	91.6	1525	57.7
Jordan 1999	91	91.0	3912	92.2	83.9	2847	72.8
EURO
Poland
Urban 1999	57	87.7	1567	83.6	73.3	1297	81.4
Rural 1999	60	92.3	1642	82.9	76.5	1525	89.7
Russian Federation
Moscow 1999	99	99.0	4091	86.0	85.2	3157	77.2
Ukraine
Kiev 1999	100	100.0	4156	81.4	81.4	2706	65.1
SEARO
India
Assam 2001	50	100.0	2177	86.8	86.8	2143	98.4
Arunachal Pradesh 2001	25	100.0	2314	90.6	90.6	2189	94.6
Bihar 2000	50	100.0	2636	70.1	70.1	1958	74.3
Goa 2000	49	98.0	2256	94.3	92.5	1599	70.9
Maharashtra 2000	50	100.0	2356	78.6	78.6	1547	65.7
Manipur 2001	24	100.0	1743	84.3	84.3	1667	95.6
Meghalay 2001	24	96.0	2080	84.7	81.3	1972	94.8
Mizoram 2001	25	100.0	2295	83.6	83.6	2194	95.6
Nagaland 2001	25	100.0	2221	80.4	80.4	2109	95.0
Sikkim 2001	25	100.0	2236	85.4	85.4	2223	99.4
Tamil Nadu 2000	99	99.0	4820	90.1	89.2	3490	72.4
Tripura 2001	23	92.0	1866	87.3	80.3	1854	99.4
West Bengal 2000	71	94.7	3669	88.3	83.6	1845	74.8
Indonesia
Jakarta 2000	50	100.0	2074	91.6	91.6	1490	71.8
Nepal 2001	49	98.0	2307	85.9	84.1	1167	50.6
Sri Lanka 1999	84	85.7	2896	89.0	76.3	2500	86.3
WPRO
China
Chongqing 1999	44	89.8	2409	94.5	84.9	2279	94.6
Guangdong 1999	45	93.8	2882	98.2	92.1	2725	94.6
Shandong 1999	48	98.0	3794	92.6	90.7	3328	87.7
Tianjin 1999	49	100.0	2893	96.8	96.8	2437	84.2
Fiji 1999	44	86.3	1629	88.1	75.9	1331	81.7
Northern Mariana Islands 2000*	22	68.8	2809	80.3	55.2	1308	46.6
Palau 2000*	24	100.0	1889	90.6	90.6	822	43.5
Philippines 2000	135	90.0	11630	88.7	79.8	5582	48.0
Singapore 2000	72	90.0	13111	93.3	84.0	9064	69.3