Family life and smoking in adolescence

摘要: Abstract The paper examines the relationship between perceptions of family life and smoking behaviour, using questionnaire survey data from a Scottish longitudinal study adolescent socialization lifestyles. Recent research has established links health behaviours life, where home environment is characterized in terms young people's parental support control. present extends this approach, also takes account other important aspects environment, including socio-economic circumstances make up family. Perceptions were found to be inversely related smoking, with an “unsupportive” associated increased likelihood smoking. In addition, prevalences raised poor combined reports fewer controls (i.e. “neglectful” parenting). More detailed multivariate analysis showed that effects perceived on felt independently family, as by neighbourhood deprivation parents' social class. picture was different for structure, however, uniformly among adolescents loneparent or reconstituted households, irrespective parenting practices. concludes discussing potential significance associations production class based inequalities youth through processes indirect selection.