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KMID : 0892720000040020233
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Journal of the Korean Society of Maternal and Child Health
2000 Volume.4 No. 2 p.233 ~ p.253
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Smoking and Alcohol Abuse Status and Its Related Factors of Middle and High School Students in Taegu City
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Kam Sin
Lee Kyu-Hee
Park Ki-Soo
Kim Joo-Yeul
Lee Young-Ja
Kang Yoon-Sik
Kim Sang-Woo
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Abstract
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To identify the smoking and alcohol abuse status and its related factors of middle and high school students in Taegu, the study was performed from April to May, 1999. The study population were selected by cluster sampling method and total 2,157 students replied to the self-administered questionnaire survey(1,156 middle school students, 1,001 high school students).
The major findings were as follows;
The experience rates of smoking were 13.39´o in male middle school students, 8.1% in female middle school students, 33.9% in male high school students, 10.3% in female high school students. It was higher in male than female students. The experience rates of alcohol abuse were 21.9% in male middle school students, 22.0% in female middle school students, 60.7% in male high school students, 56.8% in female high school students. There was no difference between male and female students.
Over half of middle school students replied that smoking and drinking of students was not desirable, but only a quater of high school students replied that drinking of high school students was not desirable.
The experience rates of smoking at primary school were 6.3% in male middle school
students, 3.6% in female middle. school students, 5.2% in male high school students, 1.3% in female high school students. It was higher in middle school students than high school students. The experience rates of alcohol abuse at primary school had a similar trend.
The most important motive of smoking and alcohol was `curiosity.´
Amount of smoking per day were below half pack, frequency of drinking was under 3 times per month and amount of drinking per a time were under a half bottle of Soju.
The main route of obtaining tobacco was tobacco store and the rate that the tavern was main place of drinking was 16.7% in male middle school students, 20.8% in female middle school students, 54.1% in male high school students, 47.9% in female high school students.
In multivariate analysis, smoking and alcohol abuse had significant association with general characteristics such as residency area, parents environment (parent´s smoking and drinking), school life (lower school grade, intimate friend´s smoking and alcohol abuse), knowledge for the health effect of smoking and alcohol abuse.
On consideration of above findings, to prevent students from smoking and drinking, we have to try together in house, school, and society.
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KEYWORD
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smoking and alcohol abuse, status, related factors, middle and high school students
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