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Socioeconomic gradient shifts in health-related behaviour among Slovak adolescents between 1998 and 2006

Authors: Lukas Pitel, Andrea Madarasova Geckova, Sijmen A. Reijneveld, Jitse P. van Dijk

Published in: International Journal of Public Health | Issue 2/2013

Abstract

Objectives

We aimed to assess the development of the socioeconomic gradient in health-related behaviour (HRB) among Slovak adolescents between 1998 and 2006.

Methods

Data were collected in 1998 (n = 2,616; 14.9 ± 0.6 years) and in 2006 (n = 1,081; 14.3 ± 0.6 years). ORs of socioeconomic differences—as measured by parental education—were calculated for each cohort in smoking, alcohol consumption and physical inactivity, and the interactions of socioeconomic position and the time period on these behaviours were calculated.

Results

The higher odds of smoking in the low socioeconomic group compared to the high socioeconomic group decreased among boys (interaction OR 0.54), but became evident among girls (interaction OR 1.96). In alcohol consumption, no socioeconomic differences were found among boys, but the higher odds among girls from high socioeconomic position compared with those from low socioeconomic position disappeared in 2006. In physical inactivity, socioeconomic differences increased among boys but not among girls.

Conclusion

During this period, socioeconomic differences in HRB developed in a different way among boys than among girls. Prevalence rates in substance use increased especially among girls from the low socioeconomic group. This group should be particularly targeted by prevention programs.

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Title: Socioeconomic gradient shifts in health-related behaviour among Slovak adolescents between 1998 and 2006
Authors: Lukas Pitel
Andrea Madarasova Geckova
Sijmen A. Reijneveld
Jitse P. van Dijk
Publication date: 01-04-2013
Publisher: SP Birkhäuser Verlag Basel
Published in: International Journal of Public Health / Issue 2/2013
Print ISSN: 1661-8556
Electronic ISSN: 1661-8564
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-012-0382-9

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Socioeconomic gradient shifts in health-related behaviour among Slovak adolescents between 1998 and 2006

Abstract

Objectives

Methods

Results

Conclusion

2024 ASCO Annual Meeting

Springer Medicine

Abstract

Objectives

Methods

Results

Conclusion

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