Factors associated with tobacco and alcohol use

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· 발행기관 : 한국보건교육건강증진학회
· 수록지 정보 : 보건교육건강증진학회지 / 25권 / 5호 / 39 ~ 52페이지
· 저자명 : 최은진, 김창우

초록

The objectives of this study were to analyze the socio-economical factors related
to smoking and drinking behaviors using the Korea Welfare Panel data. The key variables
were sex, age, frequency of health and medical facilities visit, subjective health level,
smoking level, drinking level, depression symptoms, and low income level. Since the
health variables in the Welfare Panel data were limited, the analysis was exploratory.
In male population of those older than 30 years old, low income group people were
more likely to smoke cigarettes than the general income population. In the result of
the Chi square analysis, the smoking rate showed significantly different relationships
with the different age groups, gender and income level. According to the descriptive
analysis, persons with low income level were more likely to experience health risk
behaviors and showed more medical service utilization. The utilization of the local public
health centers was 4.6% for the low income level and 1% for the general level. The
higher smoking rate was associated with the younger age, and the lower income. The
smoking rate in the age category from 20 to 29 was 23.3% for the general level and
25% for the low income level. On the other hand, the drinking rate was even higher
in the general families. The rates of non use of alcohol was 36.7% in the general families
and 58.4% for the low income families.
For both smoking and high risk drinking issues, demographic and sociological
variables such as sex, age, education levels and income levels were analyzed, and there
wer significant relationships. Health risk factors were serious for males, with age groups
of 20's and 30's, lower education level, and in a low income family. In general, females
were more unhealthy. The rates of smoking and drinking were higher in the low income
level. Even in the health and nutrition survey results in 2005, persons in the low income
class were experiencing poorer health in health level or the degree of action restriction.
Since the effects of the health promotion could not be measured in a short period
of time, it has not been easy to create the basis for the substantial effects. Factors related
to health risks needs to be continuously studied using data from diverse field.

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