Smoking prevalence in US birth cohorts: the influence of gender and education

To assess long-term trends in cigarette smoking according to the combined influence of sex and education, this study examined smoking prevalence in successive US birth cohorts. Data from nationally representative surveys were examined to assess smoking prevalence for six successive 10-year birth coh...

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Published in:American journal of public health (1971) 1996-02, Vol.86 (2), p.231-236
Main Authors: Escobedo, L G, Peddicord, J P
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic achievement
Addictive behaviors
Adolescent
Adult
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
African Americans
Age
Age Factors
Biological and medical sciences
Cigarettes
Cohort analysis
Cohort Studies
Comparison
Cross-Sectional Studies
Education
Educational Status
Ethnic Groups
Female
Gender
Health education
Health Surveys
Hispanic Americans
Households
Humans
Influences
Interviews
Male
Medical sciences
Mortality
Polls & surveys
Prevalence
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Public health
Secondary schools
Sex Factors
Sexes
Smoking
Smoking - epidemiology
Smoking - ethnology
Smoking cessation
Social conditions & trends
Tobacco smoking
Trends
United States - epidemiology
USA
White people
Womens health
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Summary:To assess long-term trends in cigarette smoking according to the combined influence of sex and education, this study examined smoking prevalence in successive US birth cohorts. Data from nationally representative surveys were examined to assess smoking prevalence for six successive 10-year birth cohorts stratified by race or ethnicity, sex, and educational attainment. Substantial declines in smoking prevalence were found among men who had a high school education or more, regardless of race or ethnicity, and slight declines among women of the same educational background were revealed. However, little change was found in smoking prevalence among men of all race/ethnic groups with less than a high school education, and large increases were found among women with the same years of schooling, especially if they were White or African American. These data suggest that persons of low educational attainment have yet to benefit from policies and education about the health consequences of cigarette smoking.
ISSN:0090-0036
1541-0048
DOI:10.2105/AJPH.86.2.231