Trends in socioeconomic inequalities in smoking in Turkey from 2008 to 2016.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Smoking inequalities in Turkey were previously demonstrated in an early stage of the smoking epidemic model. This paper aimed to assess the trends for socioeconomic inequalities in smoking in Turkey over the years in the context of the smoking epidemic model using data from the Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) Turkey 2008-2012-2016.

Methods

Cross-sectional data were analyzed to calculate the association of smoking with, wealth, education, occupation and place of residence using age-standardized prevalence rates, odds ratios, relative index of inequality (RII) and slope index of inequality (SII). The analysis was performed separately for age groups (younger: 20-39 years/older: 40 and above years) and sex.

Results

Younger women with higher wealth and older

SUBMITTER: Hassoy H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8605534 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature