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- Title
Üniversite Öğrencilerinin Sigara Kullanımını Etkileyen Faktörler (Ekonometrik Bir Yaklaşım).
- Authors
ÇALIŞKAN, Şadan
- Abstract
Smoking is an extremely harmful and widespread habit in terms of public health. Therefore, smoking is a major issue which needs an urgent solution in our country as well as all over the world. In this study, the factors which affecting the undergraduates' smoking behaviors analyzed by using cross-sectional econometric methods. The data obtained from the Usak University undergraduates. The findings of the study show that the factors determining the status of smoking such as gender, drinking alcohol, smoker relatives and income. Locating smokers between friend groups, drinking alcohol and smoker relatives have been identified as the most effective factors on increasing the possibility of smoking, respectively. Also gender and the higher levels of income are important factors on smoking status of undergraduates.
- Publication
Usak University Journal of Social Sciences / Uşak Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, 2015, Vol 8, Issue 2, p23
- ISSN
1308-738X
- Publication type
Article