Journal article
Socioeconomic position over the life course from childhood and smoking status in mid-adulthood: Results from a 25-year follow-up study
J Tian, S Gall, K Patterson, P Otahal, L Blizzard, G Patton, T Dwyer, A Venn
BMC Public Health | BMC | Published : 2019
Abstract
Background: It remains unclear how life course socioeconomic position (SEP) variations impact later smoking status. We aimed to investigate the associations using a novel methodology - a structured regression framework and to explore the potential underlying mechanisms. Methods: Data were from an Australian national cohort (n = 1489). SEP was measured in childhood (aged 7-15 years), young- (aged 26-36 years) and mid-adulthood (aged 31-41 years), including highest parental occupation in childhood and self-occupation in young- and mid-adulthood. Smoking status was self-reported in mid-adulthood. Four smoking-related variables in childhood including exposure to parental smoking, smoking experim..
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Funding Acknowledgements
This study was supported by grants from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC 211316 and 544923), the National Heart Foundation (GOOH0578), the Tasmanian Community Fund and Veolia Environmental Services. We gratefully acknowledge the study sponsors Sanitarium, ASICS and Target. Alison Venn was supported by a NHMRC Research Fellowship (APP1008299), Seana Gall was supported by a Heart Foundation Public Health Post-Doctoral Fellowship (PH 11H6047) and Future Leader Fellowship (100448). The funding bodies have no role in the study design, data collection, analyses and interpretation, and the manuscript writing.