Smoking contributes to socio-economic health inequalities; but it is unclear how smoking inequalities emerge at a young age. So far, little attention has been paid to the role of friendship ties. We hypothesised that the combination of peer exposure and friendship social homophily may contribute to socio-economic inequalities in smoking at school.In 2013, a social network survey was carried out in 50 schools in six medium-size European cities (Namur, Tampere, Hanover, Latina, Amersfoort, and Coimbra). Adolescents in grades corresponding to the 14-to-16 age group were recruited (n = 11.015, participation rate = 79.4
作者:Vincent, Lorant;Victoria Soto, Rojas;Pierre-Olivier, Robert;Jaana M, Kinnunen;Mirte A G, Kuipers;Irene, Moor;Gaetano, Roscillo;Joana, Alves;Arja, Rimpel?;Bruno, Federico;Matthias, Richter;Julian, Perelman;Anton E, Kunst
来源:International journal of public health 2016 年