Department of Psychosocial and Community Health, University of Washington School of Nursing, Seattle, Washington 98195-7263, USA.
Am J Ind Med. 2010 Feb;53(2):171-8. doi: 10.1002/ajim.20697.
Smoking among the Asian American workforce has not been extensively researched. This study examines smoking prevalence among a nationally representative sample of Asian Americans with an emphasis on occupational classification.
Cross-sectional data come from the National Latino and Asian American Study. Multivariate logistic regression analyses were used to determine smoking prevalence by occupation, gender, and nativity, among 1,528 participants self-identifying as in the labor force.
Blue collar workers reported the highest smoking prevalence (32%) followed by unemployed (19%), other (17%), service (14%), and white collar (10%). Among both employed males and females, blue collar workers had the highest prevalence (45% and 18%, respectively). By nativity, smoking was highest among blue collar workers for immigrants (25%) and highest among the unemployed for U.S. born (16%). Blue collar employment was significantly associated with being a current smoker (OR = 2.52; 95% CI: 1.23-5.16; P < 0.05) controlling for demographics (e.g., age, gender, ethnic group, nativity, etc.).
Findings reveal that smoking differs by occupation among Asian Americans. Future research should examine factors explaining differences while considering gender and nativity.
针对亚裔美国劳动力中的吸烟问题，尚未进行广泛研究。本研究以职业分类为重点，考察了具有全国代表性的亚裔美国人样本中的吸烟流行率。
横断面数据来自全国拉丁裔和亚裔美国人研究。使用多变量逻辑回归分析，根据职业、性别和出生国，确定了在劳动力中自我认同为 1528 名参与者的吸烟流行率。
蓝领工人报告的吸烟率最高（32%），其次是失业者（19%）、其他职业（17%）、服务人员（14%）和白领（10%）。在男性和女性就业者中，蓝领工人的吸烟率最高（分别为 45%和 18%）。按出生国划分，蓝领工人中移民的吸烟率最高（25%），而美国出生的失业者的吸烟率最高（16%）。在控制人口统计学因素（如年龄、性别、族裔、出生国等）的情况下，蓝领工作与当前吸烟者显著相关（OR=2.52；95%CI：1.23-5.16；P<0.05）。
研究结果表明，在亚裔美国人中，吸烟情况因职业而异。未来的研究应该在考虑性别和出生国的情况下，研究解释差异的因素。
