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

Lukas Pitel (), Andrea Madarasova Geckova (), Sijmen Reijneveld () and Jitse van Dijk ()

International Journal of Public Health, 2013, vol. 58, issue 2, 176 pages

Abstract: 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. Copyright The Author(s) 2013

Keywords: Socioeconomic differences; Health-related behaviour; Adolescents; Smoking; Alcohol; Physical inactivity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1007/s00038-012-0382-9

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