Diverging Trends and Expanding Educational Gaps in Smoking in China.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The male smoking rate in China declined moderately through the 1990s and early 2000s, but the decline has since stagnated. It is unclear why the decline stalled and whether it stalled uniformly across all social strata. Theories that view socioeconomic status as a fundamental cause of health predict that socioeconomic gaps in smoking may widen, but theories emphasizing the cultural context of health behavior cast doubt on the prediction. We investigated changes in the socioeconomic gaps in smoking during recent decades in China.

Methods

We applied growth-curve models to examine inter- and intra-cohort changes in socioeconomic gaps in male smoking in China using data from a national longitudinal survey spanning 25 years.

Results

We found diverging trends i

SUBMITTER: Jin L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9033051 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature