Marital Disruption and Disparity in Tobacco Use in Reproductive-Aged Women: Evidence from India
Marital disruption defined as widowhood, divorce, or separation, has adverse consequences for women’s health and wellbeing. Extant evidence, however, is primarily available for older women or in developed country settings. Consequences of marital disruption for younger women in the developing countr...
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| author | Biplab Datta Havilah Ravula Elinita Pollard Shafiun Shimul |
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| description | Marital disruption defined as widowhood, divorce, or separation, has adverse consequences for women’s health and wellbeing. Extant evidence, however, is primarily available for older women or in developed country settings. Consequences of marital disruption for younger women in the developing countries is relatively less visited. The aim of this cross-sectional study is to assess whether maritally disrupted women of reproductive age (18–49 years) had differential risk of tobacco-use compared to their married counterparts. Using nationally representative data from India, we estimated multivariable logistic regressions to obtain the odds in favor of tobacco-use for maritally disrupted women. We found that compared to women remained in marriage, maritally disrupted women were 1.5 times (95% CI: 1.4–1.6) more likely to consume tobacco. The higher risk of tobacco-use of maritally disrupted women was evident in both younger (age 18–34) and older (age 35–49) cohorts. The results were robust across urban and rural areas, high- and low- education groups, and poor- and non-poor households. The higher odds of tobacco-use among maritally disrupted women persisted even after accounting for household fixed effects. The study findings thus, have implications for strengthening targeted tobacco control policies and health promotion among maritally disrupted women in low-and-middle income countries. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b80830fa81444d8c8833e4cc752d76482023-11-24T18:44:16ZengMDPI AGWomen2673-41842022-11-012437138410.3390/women2040034Marital Disruption and Disparity in Tobacco Use in Reproductive-Aged Women: Evidence from IndiaBiplab Datta0Havilah Ravula1Elinita Pollard2Shafiun Shimul3Institute of Public and Preventive Health, Augusta University, Augusta, GA 30912, USADepartment of Psychological Sciences, Augusta University, Augusta, GA 30912, USADepartment of Psychological Sciences, Augusta University, Augusta, GA 30912, USADepartment of Health Policy and Behavioral Sciences, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, USAMarital disruption defined as widowhood, divorce, or separation, has adverse consequences for women’s health and wellbeing. Extant evidence, however, is primarily available for older women or in developed country settings. Consequences of marital disruption for younger women in the developing countries is relatively less visited. The aim of this cross-sectional study is to assess whether maritally disrupted women of reproductive age (18–49 years) had differential risk of tobacco-use compared to their married counterparts. Using nationally representative data from India, we estimated multivariable logistic regressions to obtain the odds in favor of tobacco-use for maritally disrupted women. We found that compared to women remained in marriage, maritally disrupted women were 1.5 times (95% CI: 1.4–1.6) more likely to consume tobacco. The higher risk of tobacco-use of maritally disrupted women was evident in both younger (age 18–34) and older (age 35–49) cohorts. The results were robust across urban and rural areas, high- and low- education groups, and poor- and non-poor households. The higher odds of tobacco-use among maritally disrupted women persisted even after accounting for household fixed effects. The study findings thus, have implications for strengthening targeted tobacco control policies and health promotion among maritally disrupted women in low-and-middle income countries.https://www.mdpi.com/2673-4184/2/4/34marital disruptionwidowhooddivorceseparationtobaccoreproductive-aged women |
| spellingShingle | Biplab Datta Havilah Ravula Elinita Pollard Shafiun Shimul Marital Disruption and Disparity in Tobacco Use in Reproductive-Aged Women: Evidence from India Women marital disruption widowhood divorce separation tobacco reproductive-aged women |
| title | Marital Disruption and Disparity in Tobacco Use in Reproductive-Aged Women: Evidence from India |
| title_full | Marital Disruption and Disparity in Tobacco Use in Reproductive-Aged Women: Evidence from India |
| title_fullStr | Marital Disruption and Disparity in Tobacco Use in Reproductive-Aged Women: Evidence from India |
| title_full_unstemmed | Marital Disruption and Disparity in Tobacco Use in Reproductive-Aged Women: Evidence from India |
| title_short | Marital Disruption and Disparity in Tobacco Use in Reproductive-Aged Women: Evidence from India |
| title_sort | marital disruption and disparity in tobacco use in reproductive aged women evidence from india |
| topic | marital disruption widowhood divorce separation tobacco reproductive-aged women |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2673-4184/2/4/34 |
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