Background: Various studies have demonstrated the associations between socioeconomic status (SES) and health and health behaviour among adolescents. However, few studies have compared the socioeconomic difference in adolescent smoking between countries with different stage of smoking. The purpose of this study was to examine and compare the relationship between socioeconomic status (SES) and adolescent smoking in Beijing, China and Finland through the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study. Methods: The data used in this study were derived from the Chinese HBSC linked project survey 2008 in Beijing and the Finnish HBSC survey 2006. The final sample included 2005 Chinese and 1685 Finnish 15-year-old schoolchildren. The ...
Background Smoking is declining, but in most countries lower educated smoke more than higher educat...
Background Several studies have observed socio-economic (SE) inequalities in smoking among adolescen...
Background: Socioeconomic differences in smoking and other tobacco use are prevalent in adolescents....
Abstract Background Various studies have demonstrated the associations between socioeconomic status ...
BACKGROUND: Tobacco-related heath inequalities are a major public health concern, with smoking being...
Background: Tobacco-related heath inequalities are a major public health concern, with smoking being...
Introduction Tobacco use has been identified as the most important source of preventable mortality ...
Background. In an EU-funded project, we examined on the basis of international comparative analyses ...
Data were used from the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study conducted in 2005/2006...
This study examined multiple influences on the use of tobacco by adolescents in China. Using the the...
This study aims to determine whether educational differentiation (i.e. early and long tracking to di...
Background In Western countries, tobacco use is most prevalent among adolescents in lower socioecon...
Purpose This study examined the differences in smoking progression between middle and upper school ...
Background. Few studies have assessed the effects of access to cigarettes and peer influences on ado...
Abstract Smoking is a major cause of health inequities. However, sociodemographic differences in ado...
Background Smoking is declining, but in most countries lower educated smoke more than higher educat...
Background Several studies have observed socio-economic (SE) inequalities in smoking among adolescen...
Background: Socioeconomic differences in smoking and other tobacco use are prevalent in adolescents....
Abstract Background Various studies have demonstrated the associations between socioeconomic status ...
BACKGROUND: Tobacco-related heath inequalities are a major public health concern, with smoking being...
Background: Tobacco-related heath inequalities are a major public health concern, with smoking being...
Introduction Tobacco use has been identified as the most important source of preventable mortality ...
Background. In an EU-funded project, we examined on the basis of international comparative analyses ...
Data were used from the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study conducted in 2005/2006...
This study examined multiple influences on the use of tobacco by adolescents in China. Using the the...
This study aims to determine whether educational differentiation (i.e. early and long tracking to di...
Background In Western countries, tobacco use is most prevalent among adolescents in lower socioecon...
Purpose This study examined the differences in smoking progression between middle and upper school ...
Background. Few studies have assessed the effects of access to cigarettes and peer influences on ado...
Abstract Smoking is a major cause of health inequities. However, sociodemographic differences in ado...
Background Smoking is declining, but in most countries lower educated smoke more than higher educat...
Background Several studies have observed socio-economic (SE) inequalities in smoking among adolescen...
Background: Socioeconomic differences in smoking and other tobacco use are prevalent in adolescents....