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Socio-economic inequalities in tobacco consumption of the older adults in China : a decomposition method
Si, Yafei; Zhou, Zhongliang; Su, Min; Wang, Xiao; Li, Dan; … - 2018
In China, tobacco consumption is a leading risk factor for non-communicable diseases, and understanding the pattern of … socio-economic inequalities of tobacco consumption will, thus, help to develop targeted policies of public health control …. Tobacco use prevalence and tobacco use quantities were defined for further analysis. Using the concentration index (CI) and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011892588
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The causal impact of mental health on tobacco and alcohol consumption: An instrumental variables approach
Mitrou, Francis; Nguyen, Ha Trong; Le, Huong Thu; … - 2023
household monetary expenditures on either tobacco or alcohol. The impact is greater for lower educated individuals or children … cigarette smoking and alcohol drinking behaviours. We find that mental distress significantly increases the prevalence and … intensity of either cigarette or alcohol consumption. Further analysis reveals that mental distress also substantially increases …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014319983
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Why the Rich Drink More and Smoke Less : The Impact of Wealth on Health Behaviors
van Kippersluis, Hans - 2013
Wealthier individuals engage in healthier behavior. This paper seeks to explain this phenomenon by developing a theory of health behavior, and exploiting both lottery winnings and inheritances to test the theory. We distinguish between the direct monetary cost and the indirect health cost (value...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013083305
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Why the Rich Drink More But Smoke Less : The Impact of Wealth on Health
van Kippersluis, Hans - 2013
Wealthier individuals engage in healthier behavior. This paper seeks to explain this phenomenon by developing a theory of health behavior, and exploiting both lottery winnings and inheritances to test the theory. We distinguish between the direct monetary cost and the indirect health cost (value...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013085907
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Why the Rich Drink More but Smoke Less : The Impact of Wealth on Health Behaviors
van Kippersluis, Hans; Galama, Titus J. - 2013
Wealthier individuals engage in healthier behavior. This paper seeks to explain this phenomenon by developing a theory of health behavior, and exploiting both lottery winnings and inheritances to test the theory. It distinguishes between the direct monetary cost and the indirect health cost...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014158796
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The causal impact of mental health on tobacco and alcohol consumption : an instrumental variables approach
Mitrou, Francis; Ha Trong Nguyen; Le, Huong Thu; … - 2023
household monetary expenditures on either tobacco or alcohol. The impact is greater for lower educated individuals or children … cigarette smoking and alcohol drinking behaviours. We find that mental distress significantly increases the prevalence and … intensity of either cigarette or alcohol consumption. Further analysis reveals that mental distress also substantially increases …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014332029
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The perceived social rejection of sexual minorities: Substance use and unprotected sexual intercourse
Drydakis, Nick - 2022
This study presents associations between the perceived social rejection of sexual minorities and tobacco, alcohol, and … associated with the increased consumption of tobacco (by 9.1%, P ﹤0.01), alcohol (by 7.1%, P ﹤0.01), and cannabis (by 12.5%, P ﹤0 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013208391
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Rank, sex, drugs, and crime
Elsner, Benjamin; Isphording, Ingo Eduard - 2015
In this paper we show that a student's ordinal rank in a high school cohort is an important determinant of engaging in risky behaviors. Using longitudinal data from representative US high schools, and exploiting idiosyncratic variation in the cohort composition within a school, we find a strong...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011386816
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How Effective are Pictorial Warnings on Tobacco Products? New Evidence on Smoking Behaviour Using Australian Panel Data
Kühnle, Daniel - 2019
tobacco control measure to reduce the social costs of smoking …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012868005
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Rank, Sex, Drugs, and Crime
Elsner, Benjamin - 2015
In this paper we show that a student's ordinal rank in a high school cohort is an important determinant of engaging in risky behaviors. Using longitudinal data from representative US high schools, and exploiting idiosyncratic variation in the cohort composition within a school, we find a strong...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013012032