Trajectories of cigarette smoking from adolescence to adulthood as predictors of unemployment status.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

This longitudinal study examined the association between trajectories of cigarette smoking and unemployment across a 29-year time period from mean age 14 to mean age 43.

Methods

Participants came from a community-based random sample of residents in 2 upstate New York counties. Data were collected at 7 timepoints.

Results

Using growth mixture modeling, 5 trajectory groups of cigarette smokers were identified. The trajectory groups were as follows: heavy/continuous smokers, occasional smokers, late-starting smokers, quitters/decreasers, and nonsmokers. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was used to study the relationship between the participant's trajectory group membership and unemployment in the fifth decade of life. The association was determined

SUBMITTER: Brook JS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4296183 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature