Socioeconomic position over the life course from childhood and smoking status in mid-adulthood: results from a 25-year follow-up study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

It remains unclear how life course socioeconomic position (SEP) variations impact later smoking status. We aimed to investigate the associations using a novel methodology - a structured regression framework and to explore the potential underlying mechanisms.

Methods

Data were from an Australian national cohort (n = 1489). SEP was measured in childhood (aged 7-15 years), young- (aged 26-36 years) and mid-adulthood (aged 31-41 years), including highest parental occupation in childhood and self-occupation in young- and mid-adulthood. Smoking status was self-reported in mid-adulthood. Four smoking-related variables in childhood including exposure to parental smoking, smoking experimentation, self-rated importance to be a non-smoker and intention to smoke were tested a

SUBMITTER: Tian J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6368790 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature