UNSPECIFIED. (1994) WOMENS SMOKING AND MEASURES OF WOMENS SOCIOECONOMIC-STATUS IN THE UNITED-KINGDOM. HEALTH PROMOTION INTERNATIONAL, 9 (2). pp. 81-88. ISSN 0957-4824

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Abstract

Surveys of smoking in the United Kingdom point to an increasingly strong association between cigarette smoking and socio-economic status among both men and women. They have uncovered a clear class gradient in smoking prevalence, with high socio-economic status associated with low smoking prevalence. These surveys rely on a particular set of procedures to determine the socio-economic position of women. The paper enters a caveat about these procedures. It reports on re-analyses of national data which suggest that the relationship between women's smoking and socio-economic status is more complex than that revealed through conventional measures of women's socio-economic position. In these re-analyses, women in some non-manual categories emerge with smoking prevalence rates that match those found among women in manual groups. The patterns uncovered in these re-analyses point to dimensions of women's smoking behaviour which are currently obscured in the surveys which inform health promotion and tobacco control policies in the UK.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
Journal or Publication Title:	HEALTH PROMOTION INTERNATIONAL
Publisher:	OXFORD UNIV PRESS UNITED KINGDOM
ISSN:	0957-4824
Date:	1994
Volume:	9
Number:	2
Number of Pages:	8
Page Range:	pp. 81-88
Publication Status:	Published
URI:	http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/20591

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