Widening Socioeconomic Inequalities in Smoking in Japan, 2001-2016.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Japan is one of the world's largest tobacco epidemic countries but few studies have focused on socioeconomic inequalities. We aimed to examine whether socioeconomic inequalities in smoking have reduced in Japan in recent times.

Methods

We analyzed data from the Comprehensive Survey of Living Conditions, a large nationally representative survey conducted every 3 years (n ≈ 700,000 per year) in Japan, during 2001-2016. Age-standardized smoking prevalence was computed based on occupational class and educational level. We calculated smoking prevalence difference (PD) and ratio (PR) of (a) manual workers versus upper non-manual workers and (b) low versus high educational level. The slope index of inequality (SII) and relative index inequality (RII) by educational level

SUBMITTER: Tanaka H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8126678 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature