What is the most influential factor associated with youth smoking in Bantul Indonesia?
Marsiana Wibowo1, Ahmad A Mudayana2, Ira Nurmal3
1Doctorate Degree Program in Public Health Faculty, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya 60115, Indonesia.
Abstract:
Smoking is one of the risk factors for non-communicable diseases. Smoking worsens a person's health and can even cause death. This smoking behaviour is primarily initiated in adolescence. The aim of this study was to identify the determinants of youths' smoking behaviour. The design of this study is cross-sectional, with a sample size of 368 youths (aged 15 to 24 years) in Bantul Regency, Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The sampling technique used is multistage random sampling. The statistical test used is logistic regression. This study showed that 67.9% of the sample were smokers. The results of the logistic regression test show that gender, occupational, attitudes and the role of peers have a significant effect on the smoking behaviour of youths. From our findings, gender is the most influential variable, in terms of having the highest odds ratio, on youth smoking behaviour.
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