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| Tekijä: | Layte, R. Whelan, C.T. |
| Otsikko: | Explaining social class inequalities in smoking: the role of education, self-efficacy, and deprivation |
| Lehti: | European sociological review
2009 : AUG, VOL. 25:4, p. 399-410 |
| Asiasana: | sociology social classes inequality smoking Irish Republic |
| Kieli: | eng |
| Tiivistelmä: | In most Northern European countries, smoking (hereafter as: smkg.) rates have decreased dramatically over the last 50 years. However, manual working class groups are substantially more likely to smoke daily than are the professional and managerial classes. This article explores three hypotheses about the processes producing these inequalities. It is suggested that: 1. social class inequalities reflect differences across education groups in knowledge of the risks of smkg. 2. the living conditions of lower social class groups leads to the development of lower self-efficacy and a lower propensity to quit smkg. 3. smoking has a functional use among poorer individuals. Based on data from the Republic of Ireland, the analysis provides some support for the 1st hypothesis in that education independently reduces the odds of a manual class person smkg. relative to a non-manual by 12 percent. Yet, the 2nd hypothesis is not supported. The 3rd hypothesis gets the most support: measures of disadvantage and deprivation account for almost 1/3 of the class differential in smkg. . Based on the results, it is suggested that smkg. cessation policy should reflect the importance of social and economic context in quitting behaviour. |
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