The social determinants of adolescent smoking in Russia in 2004
2010 (English)In: International Journal of Public Health, ISSN 1661-8556, E-ISSN 1661-8564, Vol. 55, no 6, p. 619-626Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
To determine the prevalence of adolescent smoking in the Russian ederation and examine what factors are associated with it. ata were drawn from Round 13 of the Russia Longitudinal Monitoring urvey (RLMS) carried out in 2004. The sample consists of 815 dolescents (430 boys, 385 girls) aged 14-17 years who answered uestions about their health behaviours. moking was more prevalent among boys than girls (26.1 vs. 5.7%). aternal smoking and adolescent alcohol use were associated with smoking mong both sexes. The self-assessment of one's socioeconomic position as nfavourable was associated with girls' smoking, while living in a isrupted family, physical inactivity and having a low level of elf-esteem were predictive of boys' smoking. he family environment appears to be an important determinant of dolescent smoking in Russia. In particular, boys and girls may be odelling the negative health behaviour lifestyles of their parents, ith unhealthy behaviours clustering. Efforts to reduce adolescent moking in Russia must address the negative effects emanating from the arental home whilst also addressing associated behaviours such as lcohol use.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2010. Vol. 55, no 6, p. 619-626
National Category
Health Sciences
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-13702DOI: 10.1007/s00038-010-0196-6ISI: 000284652200015Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-79951953895OAI: oai:DiVA.org:sh-13702DiVA, id: diva2:462151
Funder
The Foundation for Baltic and East European Studies2011-12-062011-12-062017-12-08Bibliographically approved