Area-level characteristics and smoking in women

M. Tseng, K. Yeatts, R. Millikan and B. Newman

American Journal of Public Health, 2001, vol. 91, issue 11, 1847-1850

Abstract: Objectives. This study examined whether area-level characteristics are associated with individual smoking behavior among women. Methods. Analyses included 648 women enrolled as control patients in the Carolina Breast Cancer Study (1993-1996). Smoking and covariate information was obtained from interviews. Area-level characteristics included census block-group education level, poverty, unemployment, car-home ownership, crowding, and, for 431 women, city-level crime rates. Results. In multivariate logistic regression models, no area characteristics were clearly associated with a history of smoking. Among those who had ever smoked, continued smoking was associated with living in low-education areas (odds ratio [OR] = 1.7, 95% confidence interval [Cl] = 1.0, 2.9), high-unemployment areas (OR = 1.7, 95% Cl = 1.0, 2.8), and high-crime areas (OR = 1.6, 95% Cl = 0.8, 3.2). Conclusions. The present findings are consistent with a growing literature suggesting that area-level social and economic disadvantage influences individual smoking behavior.

Date: 2001
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