Factors Associated with Single-Use and Co-Use of Tobacco and Alcohol: A Multinomial Modeling Approach

Jin-Won Noh, Kyoung-Beom Kim, Jooyoung Cheon, Yejin Lee and Ki-Bong Yoo
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Jin-Won Noh: Department of Healthcare Management, Eulji University, Seongnam 13135, Korea
Kyoung-Beom Kim: Graduate School of Public Health, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Korea
Jooyoung Cheon: College of Nursing, Sungshin Women’s University, 55 Dobong-ro 76ga-gil, Gangbuk-gu, Seoul 01133, Korea
Yejin Lee: Department of Healthcare Management, Eulji University, Seongnam 13135, Korea
Ki-Bong Yoo: Department of Health Administration, Department of Information & Statistics, Yonsei University, Wonju 26493, Korea

IJERPH, 2019, vol. 16, issue 19, 1-11

Abstract: Tobacco smoking and alcohol consumption are among the most important public health concerns not only in South Korea but also globally. This study identified the factors associated with single-use and co-use of tobacco and alcohol in Korean adults and provided more accurate estimates using a multinomial modeling approach. This study used the Korea Community Health Survey Data 2017, of which 205,336 respondents were selected as the sample for a multinomial logistic regression analysis. For the group that identified as only drinking monthly compared to the reference group, we found that the direction of the following factors was opposite to that of the results of the only currently smoking group: Age, marital status, educational level, monthly household income, occupation, obesity, self-rated health, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia. For the currently smoking and drinking monthly group relative to the reference group, the overall direction was a mix of the results of only currently smoking and only drinking monthly. These findings support the development of policies that consider the risk of smoking tobacco and consuming alcohol simultaneously.

Keywords: tobacco smoking; alcohol consumption; co-user; multinomial modeling (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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