Trends in adolescent secondhand smoke exposure at home over 15 years in Korea: Inequality by parental education level.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Low parental education level and parental smoking are major risk factors for household secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure among adolescents. We investigated the trend in household SHS exposure according to sex, school, and parental education level to determine whether the decline in household SHS exposure over time depends on parental education level.

Methods

We used cross-sectional Korea Youth Risk Behavior datasets (2006-2020; 806829 subjects were eligible). We applied binary logistic regression to assess household SHS exposure trends and evaluated the interaction between period and parental education level.

Results

Household SHS exposure over 15 years has declined. The difference (0.121) was the smallest for male middle school students with low-educated p

SUBMITTER: Kim H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10311469 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature