Global Adult Tobacco Survey

The Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) is the global standard protocol for systematically monitoring adult tobacco use (smoking and smokeless) and tracking key tobacco control indicators. This household survey collects data on persons 15 years of age or older. In the Philippines, the Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) was first conducted in 2009 and repeated in 2015. Both surveys used similar multistage stratified cluster sample designs to produce nationally representative data. There were 9,701 interviews conducted in 2009 with an overall response rate of 88.4%. In 2015, 11, 644 interviews were conducted with an overall response rate of 92.1%. For additional information, refer to the GATS 2009 and 2015 Country Factsheets. GATS enhances countries capacity to design, implement and evaluate tobacco control programs.

The Department of Health (DOH) and the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) collaborated in administering the 2009 and 2015 GATS surveys. The PSA was the lead agency in implementing the survey, while the DOH funded and coordinated the analyses and writing of the final report. Technical assistance was provided by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the World Health Organization (WHO), and RTI International. For the 2009 GATS, the Bloomberg Initiative to Reduce Tobacco Use provided the financial support. In 2015, financial support was provided by the Epidemiology Bureau of the Department of Health, Philippines and the Bloomberg Initiative to Reduce Tobacco Use through the CDC Foundation with a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Datasets	Microdata	Documentation	Database
Global Adult Tobacco Survey 2021
Global Adult Tobacco Survey 2015
Global Adult Tobacco Survey 2010
Global Adult Tobacco Survey 2009

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Authorization to use the data is granted only to the Client who downloaded the data, subject to the following terms and conditions:

The data, downloadable in this website, conforms to the provisions of confidentiality stated under Title VII, Rule 29, Article 55 of the Implementing Rules, and Regulations of RA 10625 which says that “Individual data furnished by a respondent to statistical inquiries, surveys and censuses of the PSA shall be considered privileged communication and as such shall be inadmissible as evidence in any proceeding. The PSA may release aggregated information from statistical inquiries, surveys, censuses in the form of summaries or statistical tables in which no reference to an individual, corporation, association, partnership, institution, or business enterprise shall appear.”
Under no circumstance shall the Client REPRODUCE, DISTRIBUTE, SELL, OR LEND THE ENTIRE DATA OR PARTS THEREOF to any other data user apart from himself. The PSA shall hold the Client fully responsible for safeguarding the data from any unauthorized access or use.
Data will be used for statistical and scientific research purposes only. They will be employed solely for reporting aggregated information, including modeling, and not for investigating specific individuals or organizations.
No attempt will be made to re-identify respondents, and there will be no use of the identity of any person or establishment discovered inadvertently. Any such discovery will be reported immediately to the PSA.
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