title: [Contribution of socioeconomic status to smoking behavior of parents of 4th grade elementary school students in Japan].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The present study was performed to elucidate the effects of individual and social factors on smoking behavior of parents of fourth grade elementary school students in Japan.
  
  
  METHODS
  A self-administered questionnaire was sent to a total of 4,179 households of fourth grade elementary school students. A total of 3,522 responses including actual numbers of children, smoking behavior of parents, and marital status were available for the analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Current smoking rate in mothers was 21.2%. In mothers, "smoking of spouse" "single mother", "under the age of 34", "not taking child-care leave;", "mother's parents not alive", "mothers from Chiba", "nursery use", "not use parenting circles", "unvaccinated measles or inoculation unknown" and "life dissatisfaction" were statistically associated with smoking behavior. The current smoking rate in fathers was 51.4%. Four factors of "smoking of spouse", "under the age of 34", "non-skilled labor, sales work" and "employees of private companies of less than 1,000 employees" were statistically associated with smoking behavior.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The present study demonstrated a close link between smoking behavior and individual socioeconomic status in Japanese parents. Especially, smoking of spouse and being a single female parent were important factors for smoking.
authors: Ichikawa health and welfare center.
authors: Shuichi
authors: S
authors: Kubo
authors: Takao
authors: T
authors: Inoue
authors: Akimi
authors: A
authors: Yamazaki
authors: Akira
authors: A
authors: Hata
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D015406:Single Parent; D012907:Smoking; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires