Department of Epidemiology, Clinical Research and Community Health, Fez University, Fez, Morocco.
Am J Health Promot. 2011 Jul-Aug;25(6):387-91. doi: 10.4278/ajhp.090123-QUAN-30.
To determine the association between income level and variations in knowledge and perceptions about tobacco smoking in Morocco.
Cross-sectional study.
Random sample of 9195 subjects representative of the Moroccan population.
Subjects aged >15 years from households.
Data were collected from selected households using a standardized questionnaire about smoking, educational level, household monthly income, and knowledge of health effects of smoking.
Stepwise logistic regression was used for multivariate analysis. Adjusted odds ratios with 95% confidence intervals for each variable were calculated as an estimate of the likelihood of having knowledge that smoking causes selected diseases.
Among 9195 subjects, 27.8% reported low income (<2000 Moroccan dirhams [MAD]), and 9.9% reported the highest income level (≥6000 MAD). Higher income was significantly associated with higher knowledge of health effects of smoking (p < .0001); 55% of low-income respondents compared to 71.5% of respondents with higher income knew about the relationship between cigarette smoking and cancer.
Lower income level was associated with lower awareness of the harms of smoking. There is a need to improve knowledge of the dangers of smoking among the disadvantaged segments of the population.
确定摩洛哥的收入水平与人们对吸烟的知识和认知差异之间的关系。
横断面研究。
摩洛哥人口的随机抽样 9195 名对象。
来自家庭的 >15 岁的对象。
使用关于吸烟、教育水平、家庭月收入和吸烟对健康影响的知识的标准化问卷，从选定的家庭中收集数据。
使用逐步逻辑回归进行多变量分析。计算每个变量的调整后比值比及其 95%置信区间，作为对存在某些疾病与吸烟有关的知识的可能性的估计。
在 9195 名对象中，27.8%报告收入较低（<2000 摩洛哥迪拉姆），9.9%报告收入最高（≥6000 迪拉姆）。较高的收入与更高的吸烟对健康影响的知识显著相关（p <.0001）；与收入较低的受访者相比，55%的低收入受访者知道吸烟与癌症之间的关系，而收入较高的受访者中这一比例为 71.5%。
较低的收入水平与对吸烟危害的认识较低有关。需要提高弱势群体对吸烟危害的认识。
