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KMID : 1101220020340020238
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2002 Volume.34 No. 2 p.238 ~ p.251
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Smoking and Alcohol Abuse Status and its Related Factors of Elementary School Students in Taegu City
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Kim Kyong-Hee
Yoon In-Sook
Seo Soo-Kyo
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Abstract
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This research paper analyzed the smoking and drinking reality of primary school students, through the survey of 10 primary schools` students randomly chosen in Taegu City 1217 students the‘ upper the grades 4, 5, 6 with 688 boys and 529 girls. Among these students, 9.6% experienced smoking 15.0% for boys and 2.6% for girls. In general, throughout the survey, it was discovered that there was a high significance of smoking for those boys who were from unstable and lower social-economic classes or living away from the family (p<0.01). The parents of the students influenced their children as to whether students began smoking or not; if they did not care about their children’s smoking or if fathers and mothers were not getting along with each other, the children were involved in smoking, and the significance was high (p<0.01). Among these students, 44.8% experienced drinking 367 boys (53.3%) and 178 girls(33.6%). In general, it turned out that there was a high significance of drinking for those boys who were unstable classes or the unsatisfactory groups (p<0.01). The parents of the students inf1uenced drinking of the students; if they didn’t care about their children’s drinking, or if they themselves enjoyed drinking, the significance of drinking was high (p<0.05, p<0.01). Also, the first experience of smoking or drinking was relatively higher in the groups of grades 3 and 4 as well as the next higher in groups of 1 and 2, but it was the lowest in groups of grades 5 and 6. Homes were the most highly picked places for smoking or drinking. The strongest motivation was curiosity as well as the experienced students did one or two times of smoking or drinking a week. In relation to school life, the poorer the school work, the unhappier the school life, the more students were involved in smoking or drinking, meaning the significance was high (p<0.05, p<0.01). However, if the students’ friends were not involved in smoking and drinking, and if the punishment was not announced and not practiced, the significance was also high (p<0.01). Throughout the result of analysis, for the reality of primary school students` smoking and drink.ing, the family environment, the environment of parents, and school life, the knowledge on smoking and drinking related with the hea1th were significant on smoking and drink.ing of the students. Therefore, to prevent students from smoking and drinking, schools, family, and society should work organically together and tried to guide students to the desirable directions.
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KEYWORD
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Smoking, Drink.ing, Elementary school students
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