TOBACCO SMOKING AMONG STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SPORT IN 2002-2010 IN THE CONTEXT OF THEIR PARENT'S EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND AND SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS OF THEIR A LONG-TERM STUDY
Journal Title: Medycyna Sportowa - Year 2014, Vol 30, Issue 1
Abstract
[b]Background. [/b]The goal of the study was to assess the direction of changes in the percentage of tobacco smokers during the 9 year study, among first year full-time students of the Gdansk University of Physical Education and Sport, and to assess the relationship between tobacco smoking, socioeconomic status of the family and parents educational background.[b]Material and methods.[/b] The survey was conducted between 2002 and 2010 in a sample of 1990 first year full-time students of the Gdansk University of Physical Education and Sport and thelr parents. The parents were asked about thelr educational level and socioeconomic status of the lr families while the students were asked about their attitudes to tobacco smoking. The direction of changes in the percentage of smokers between 2002 and 2010 was assessed as well as the significance of the relationship between tobacco smoking, the socioeconomic status of the student's family and parents educational level. Logistic models were developed for the assessment of the likelihood of smoking in the sample of students, depending on the level of the analyzed factors. The material was subjected to statistical analysis. Logistic regression analysis and x2 test were applied.[b]Results.[/b] Based on the obtained results we can conclude that a gradual decrease in the percentage of smoker, from 17.95% in 2002 to 13.47% was observed in the studied sample in 2010. The chance of non-smoking decreased with higher educational levels of the student's mother (OR=0.66) and father (OR=0.57). It was also inversely proportional to socioeconomic status of the family (the higher the socioeconomic status, the lower the chance of non-smoking) (OR=0,74).[b]Conclusions.[/b] The apparent decremental tendency in the percentage of smoking students subsequent years of the study is a positive phenomenon. However, due to health-related consequences of tobacco smoking, anti-smoking education still should be the necessary element of education, particularly in the units where people responsible for healthy lifestyle promotion are educated and among youth from well educated families whose reported socioeconomic status is very good or good.
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Ewa Wojtowicz
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