单位：[1]Department of Social Medicine and Health Education, School of PublicHealth, Peking University Health Science Center, 38[X]ueyuan Rd, HaidianDistrict, Beijing, China[2]Tobacco Medicine and Tobacco Cessation Center,China-Japan Friendship Hospital, No .2 Yinghuadongjie, Chaoyang District,Beijing, China[3]Guanghua School of Management, Peking University, Beijing,China
BackgroundDespite a number of studies linking family and marriage factors with health behaviour, the effects of children on the health behaviour of parents are still understudied. This study explored the association between the presence of children and adults' smoking behaviours.MethodsThis study used panel data from the China Family Panel Studies 2010 and 2012, and the data set included 23,157 households and 45,513 adults. Logistic regression was performed to analyse the association of the presence of children on adults' smoking behaviours. Subgroup regression was used to examine heterogeneous effects.ResultsFull sample regressions showed that the number of children was significantly inversely associated with smoking behaviour (OR=0.93; 95% 0.90-0.96). Further subsample regression finds that such effect is only significant among the high-education group (OR=0.92; 95% 0.87-0.97), high-skill workers (OR=0.89; 95% 0.80-0.99) and couples who had an age gap greater than 2years (OR=0.91; 95% 0.88-0.95).ConclusionsOur findings confirm the existence of the upward intergenerational effect of the presence of children on adults' smoking behaviour in China. However, such effects are not equal across all demographic characteristics. Future research could explore other parts of the upward mechanism and possible pathways for a stronger effect. In resource-poor areas, targeting cessation activities at those who have children at an early age may be an effective strategy.
基金：
Government of China through Peking University [985]
第一作者单位：[1]Department of Social Medicine and Health Education, School of PublicHealth, Peking University Health Science Center, 38
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推荐引用方式(GB/T 7714)：
Lin Haoxiang,Chang Chun,Liu Zhao,et al.The effect of the presence of children on adult smoking behaviour: empirical evidence based on China family panel studies[J].BMC PUBLIC HEALTH.2020,20(1):doi:10.1186/s12889-020-09543-2.
APA：
Lin, Haoxiang,Chang, Chun,Liu, Zhao&Tan, Huaqing.(2020).The effect of the presence of children on adult smoking behaviour: empirical evidence based on China family panel studies.BMC PUBLIC HEALTH,20,(1)
MLA：
Lin, Haoxiang,et al."The effect of the presence of children on adult smoking behaviour: empirical evidence based on China family panel studies".BMC PUBLIC HEALTH 20..1(2020)
