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Socio-economic inequalities in smoking — an examination of generational trends in Great Britain
Author(s)	Melissa Davy
Journal title	Health Statistics Quarterly, no 34, Summer 2007
Pages	pp 26-34
Source	http://www.statistics.gov.uk
Keywords	Tobacco smoking ; Socio-economic groups ; Older men ; Older women ; Cross sectional surveys ; Longitudinal surveys.
Annotation	Pseudo-cohort trends in socio-economic inequalities in smoking behaviour are examined. People born 1926-1950 living in manual households were more likely to become smokers than those in non-manual households, but both groups subsequently gave up smoking at similar rates. Those in 1956-1985 birth cohorts were less likely to smoke than people born earlier, but they were also less likely to give up. The rates of giving up among the non-manual group declined slightly compared with those born earlier. However, there was a dramatic change for the manual group compared with earlier cohorts: the vast majority remained smokers, with rates stabilising around 45% for men and 40% for women. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-070613203 A
Classmark	ETT: T4: BC: BD: 3KB: 3J
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