作者: Karen A. Finch , Danielle E. Ramo , Kevin L. Delucchi , Howard Liu , Judith J. Prochaska
DOI: 10.1037/A0032900
关键词: Demography 、 Gerontology 、 Young adult 、 Household income 、 Social class 、 Social status 、 Personal income 、 SSS* 、 Socioeconomic status 、 Medicine 、 Severity of illness
摘要: Subjective social status (SSS), an individual's subjective view of standing in society, has been shown to better predict health outcomes compared objective measures socioeconomic (SES), including educational attainment and income. This study examines the relationship between SSS severity tobacco, alcohol, marijuana use after controlling for SES. Young adults (N = 1,987) aged 18-25 who reported smoking at least one cigarette past 30 days were recruited surveyed anonymously online. Three separate structural equation models examined whether was associated with use, personal household income, years education, employment status, parental education. Household income (b .31), .07), education .09), .16) positively (all p values < .001); not significantly (p .11). All three adequately fit data. negatively tobacco -.13, .001) -36, .02), but alcohol .01, .56). Among young adults, higher is less severe whereas appears be similar across class.