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Smoking among high school male students in rural South Africa.
- Source :
- Journal of Substance Use; Aug2011, Vol. 16 Issue 4, p282-294, 13p, 3 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 2011
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Abstract
- Few studies examine smoking in rural areas of countries in Africa. This study examines the roles of families, community influences, and key sociodemographic factors and school-age smoking among adolescent boys in rural South Africa. A total of 1,116 black male students were included in this analysis. Descriptive analyses were conducted, and multiple logistic regression (MLR) models were developed to analyze outcomes. The dependent variables were lifetime smoking, recent smoking, and age of smoking initiation. Sociodemographic variables and students' perceptions of community, family, and school were employed as independent variables. MLR analysis revealed family structure and discipline were found to be significant predictors of adolescent male smoking behavior as well as age, number of household amenities, town and smoking behavior. Adolescents in developing countries are increasingly subjected to tobacco industry promotion and exploitation. The results show that males in rural South Africa are not isolated from the tobacco epidemic. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- ANALYSIS of variance
BLACK people
CHI-squared test
CONFIDENCE intervals
STATISTICAL correlation
EPIDEMIOLOGY
EPIDEMIOLOGICAL research
FACTOR analysis
HEALTH behavior in adolescence
HIGH school students
RURAL conditions
RURAL health
STATISTICAL sampling
SCALE analysis (Psychology)
SMOKING
SOCIAL skills
SUBSTANCE abuse
SURVEYS
DATA analysis
FAMILY relations
MULTIPLE regression analysis
SOCIOECONOMIC factors
DATA analysis software
ADOLESCENCE
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14659891
- Volume :
- 16
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Substance Use
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 62850995
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3109/14659890903513475