Understanding the complexity of socioeconomic disparities in smoking prevalence in Sweden: a cross-sectional study applying intersectionality theory.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Socioeconomic disparities in smoking prevalence remain a challenge to public health. The objective of this study was to present a simple methodology that displays intersectional patterns of smoking and quantify heterogeneities within groups to avoid inappropriate and potentially stigmatising conclusions exclusively based on group averages.

Setting

This is a cross-sectional observational study based on data from the National Health Surveys for Sweden (2004-2016 and 2018) including 136 301 individuals. We excluded people under 30 years of age, or missing information on education, household composition or smoking habits. The final sample consisted on 110 044 individuals or 80.7% of the original sample.

Outcome

Applying intersectional analysis of individual het

SUBMITTER: Axelsson Fisk S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7880088 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature