GENDER SPECIFICS OF THE ATTITUDES TOWARD TOBACCO SMOKING IN VARIOUS EDUCATIONAL LEVELS AND FAMILY STATUS AMONG ECONOMICALLY ACTIVE MEN AND WOMEN IN TYUMEN CITY

Aim. To assess the attitudes toward smoking in economically active men and women in Tyumen city within various education and family status.Material and methods. A single-point epidemiological study conducted, under the cardiological screening of open city population aged 25-64 y.o., males 850 (respond 85,0%), females 704 (respond 70,4%). The attitudes toward smoking were assessed by the coverage method of self-completion of the WHO questionnaire “Knowledge and attitude of the one’s health” with the pre-formulated points. Social status was assessed by educational level — elementary, general, graduate, and family status — with or none partner. Statistics was done with the software SPSS (11.5), Statistica 7.0 and Microsoft Excel. Values of p