Exploring the intergenerational persistence of health behaviour: an empirical study of smoking from China
Abstract Background It is of significance to look into the intergenerational transmission of risk behaviour to explain the disparity of health. Our paper contributes to the literature by providing evidence in the context of China, focusing on smoking behaviour. Methods This paper studies the interge...
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| description | Abstract Background It is of significance to look into the intergenerational transmission of risk behaviour to explain the disparity of health. Our paper contributes to the literature by providing evidence in the context of China, focusing on smoking behaviour. Methods This paper studies the intergenerational transmission of smoking in the context of China using a nationally representative dataset – the China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS). The two-part model, the Tobit model, and the fixed effects model are utilized for the empirical analysis, respectively. Results We found a strong intergenerational persistence of health behaviour. That is, parents’ smoking behaviour is positively correlated with their children’s smoking initiation. Conclusions Our study provides evidence of the intergenerational persistence of health behaviour in the case of smoking, in the world’s most populous country. This has policy implications for the issue of intergenerational mobility and health education, as well as for tobacco control in China. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-699254400b864b1499b54eca9faf2e952022-12-22T02:04:15ZengBMCBMC Public Health1471-24582017-06-011711910.1186/s12889-017-4480-8Exploring the intergenerational persistence of health behaviour: an empirical study of smoking from ChinaJay Pan0Wei Han1West China School of Public Health, Sichuan UniversityHealth, Nutrition and Population Global Practice, World BankAbstract Background It is of significance to look into the intergenerational transmission of risk behaviour to explain the disparity of health. Our paper contributes to the literature by providing evidence in the context of China, focusing on smoking behaviour. Methods This paper studies the intergenerational transmission of smoking in the context of China using a nationally representative dataset – the China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS). The two-part model, the Tobit model, and the fixed effects model are utilized for the empirical analysis, respectively. Results We found a strong intergenerational persistence of health behaviour. That is, parents’ smoking behaviour is positively correlated with their children’s smoking initiation. Conclusions Our study provides evidence of the intergenerational persistence of health behaviour in the case of smoking, in the world’s most populous country. This has policy implications for the issue of intergenerational mobility and health education, as well as for tobacco control in China.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-017-4480-8SmokingIntergenerational transmissionHealth behaviourChina |
| spellingShingle | Jay Pan Wei Han Exploring the intergenerational persistence of health behaviour: an empirical study of smoking from China BMC Public Health Smoking Intergenerational transmission Health behaviour China |
| title | Exploring the intergenerational persistence of health behaviour: an empirical study of smoking from China |
| title_full | Exploring the intergenerational persistence of health behaviour: an empirical study of smoking from China |
| title_fullStr | Exploring the intergenerational persistence of health behaviour: an empirical study of smoking from China |
| title_full_unstemmed | Exploring the intergenerational persistence of health behaviour: an empirical study of smoking from China |
| title_short | Exploring the intergenerational persistence of health behaviour: an empirical study of smoking from China |
| title_sort | exploring the intergenerational persistence of health behaviour an empirical study of smoking from china |
| topic | Smoking Intergenerational transmission Health behaviour China |
| url | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-017-4480-8 |
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