Smoking by frequency and type of social contact.
OBJECTIVE
To compare smoking by frequency and type of social contact.


METHODS
Respondents aged 20 years or older from NHANES III were analyzed using multivariate logistic models (N = 15,499).


RESULTS
Among the levels and types of social contact, frequency of church attendance was the only type of social contact associated with lower likelihood of smoking (OR = 0.68, 95% CI = 0.64, 0.72). Other types of contact were either not associated or were associated with higher probabilities of smoking.


CONCLUSIONS
Frequent church attendance appears to protect the most from smoking relative to other types of social contact.
Stimpson
Jim P
JP
Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX 76107-2699, USA. jstimpso@hsc.unt.edu
D000328:Adult; D003367:Cotinine / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012069:Religion and Psychology; D012907:Smoking / Q000097:blood / Q000523:psychology*; D012931:Social Environment; D012944:Social Support
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