Long-term trends in smoking prevalence and its socioeconomic inequalities in Korea, 1992-2016.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The aim of this study was to investigate long-term trends in smoking prevalence and its socioeconomic inequalities in Korea.

Methods

Data were collected from 10 rounds of the Social Survey of Statistics Korea between 1992 and 2016. A total of 524,866 men and women aged 19 or over were analyzed. Age-adjusted smoking prevalence was calculated according to three major socioeconomic position indicators: education, occupational class, and income. The prevalence difference, prevalence ratio, slope index of inequality (SII), and relative index of inequality (RII) were calculated to examine the magnitude of inequality in smoking.

Results

Smoking prevalence among men decreased from 71.7% in 1992 to 39.7% in 2016, while smoking prevalence among women decreased from 6

SUBMITTER: Chang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6751588 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature