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International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction

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01-01-2007

Cigarette Smoking is Negatively Associated with Family Average Income Among Urban and Rural Men in Regional Mainland China

Authors: Fei Xu, XiaoMei Yin, Min Zhang, Robert S. Ware, Eva Leslie, Neville Owen

Published in: International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction | Issue 1/2007

Abstract

Socio-economic status (SES) has a strong influence on cigarette smoking behaviour. However, as a more sensitive and realistic index of SES, family average income (FAI) has little studied regarding its association with smoking. With a response rate of 90.1%, a cross-sectional study was conducted among randomly selected urban-rural participants (n = 29,353) between October of 2000 and March of 2001 in Nanjing, China. The proportion of male participants who were current smokers was 54.7%; for females it was 2.2%. After adjustment for possible confounding variables (area of residence, age, education, occupation) males in the middle (OR 0.76; 95% CI 0.69–0.84) and higher (OR 0.64; 95% CI 0.57–0.71) FAI tertiles had lower odds of being smokers than did males in the lower FAI tertile. There were no differences by FAI category in the odds of being an ex-smoker. Therefore, current smoking among adult males is inversely associated with family average income in a regional Chinese population. FAI may inform the targeting of campaigns or other initiatives, particularly in populations where material prosperity is low in some social groups.

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Title: Cigarette Smoking is Negatively Associated with Family Average Income Among Urban and Rural Men in Regional Mainland China
Authors: Fei Xu
XiaoMei Yin
Min Zhang
Robert S. Ware
Eva Leslie
Neville Owen
Publication date: 01-01-2007
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction / Issue 1/2007
Print ISSN: 1557-1874
Electronic ISSN: 1557-1882
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-006-9043-7

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