Factors influencing gender differences in smoking and their separate contributions: Evidence from South Korea

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1966-1973

  Chung, Woojin ^a   Lim, Seungji ^a   Lee, Sunmi ^b  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b Health Insurance Policy Research Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Gender differences; Marital status; Oaxaca decomposition; Separate contribution; Smoking; South Korea

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; FACTOR ANALYSIS; GENDER; SMOKING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; LIFE STRESS; MALE; MARRIAGE; NORMAL HUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL STATUS; SOUTH KOREA;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 77952671895     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.02.025     Document Type: Article

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