Cui Yuanqi, Zhu Qianqian, Lou Chaohua, Gao Ersheng, Cheng Yan, Zabin Laurie S, Emerson Mark R
1 NHC Key Lab. of Reproduction Regulation (Shanghai Institute of Planned Parenthood Research), School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
2 Department of Assisted Reproduction, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
J Int Med Res. 2018 Dec;46(12):5257-5268. doi: 10.1177/0300060518807292. Epub 2018 Nov 15.
This study aimed to examine gender differences in smoking and alcohol drinking behaviors in three Asian cities of Hanoi, Shanghai, and Taipei, and to assess the magnitude of gender differences across the three cities.
A total of 17,016 adolescents (age: 15-19 years) and young adults (age: 20-24 years) were selected using multi-stage sampling methods and surveyed in face-to-face interviews. A total of 16,554 unmarried respondents were included in this analysis.
Gender differences were significant for smoking only, drinking only, and both behaviors in each city. Male respondents were 30.66 times more likely to report smoking only than female respondents in Hanoi, followed by Shanghai and Taipei. This pattern was similar for drinking only and both smoking and drinking behaviors.
The magnitude of gender differences in smoking only, drinking only, and both behaviors widely varies across the three cities. Further research can examine how these differences may be used to prevent and reduce smoking and drinking in the adolescent and young adult population.
本研究旨在调查河内、上海和台北这三个亚洲城市中吸烟和饮酒行为的性别差异，并评估这三个城市中性别差异的程度。
采用多阶段抽样方法选取了总共17016名青少年（年龄：15 - 19岁）和青年（年龄：20 - 24岁），并通过面对面访谈进行调查。本分析纳入了总共16554名未婚受访者。
在每个城市中，仅吸烟、仅饮酒以及两种行为的性别差异均显著。在河内，男性受访者仅报告吸烟的可能性是女性受访者的30.66倍，其次是上海和台北。仅饮酒以及吸烟和饮酒两种行为的情况也是如此。
仅吸烟、仅饮酒以及两种行为的性别差异程度在这三个城市中差异很大。进一步的研究可以探讨如何利用这些差异来预防和减少青少年和青年人群中的吸烟和饮酒行为。
