Independent Associations Between Different Measures of Socioeconomic Position and Smoking Status: A Cross-Sectional Study of Adults in England.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

To gain a better understanding of the complex and independent associations between different measures of socioeconomic position (SEP) and smoking in England.

Aims and methods

Between March 2013 and January 2019 data were collected from 120 496 adults aged 16+ in England taking part in the Smoking Toolkit Study. Of these, 18.04% (n = 21 720) were current smokers. Six indicators of SEP were measured: social grade, employment status, educational qualifications, home and car ownership and income. Models were constructed using ridge regression to assess the contribution of each measure of SEP, taking account of high collinearity.

Results

The strongest predictor of smoking status was housing tenure. Those who did not own their own home had twice the odds of smo

SUBMITTER: Beard E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7789954 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature