This study was surveyed among 1136 respondent of high school girls in seoul from Feb. 6, till Feb. 22, 1992 for the purpose of analysing the smoking of high school girls and its factor.
@ES The data was analied by X*-test and Multiple Regression and shows the following.
@EN 1. Out of 1,136 respondent, the current smokers were found to be 176, 15.5% and the former smokers were 204, 18.0%. This implies that 23.5% of high school girls seoul have experience smoking.
2. For the first smoking time in both smoking group and former smokers, it shows that the third grade of middle school lead the lists. 36.9% (65) of the smokers and 37.3(75) of former smokers experienced the first smoking at that time.
70.5%(124)
of
the smoking group have the intention to stop smoking and the first reason of it is health problem, 65.6%(75).
3. For the type of the school the smoking rate rages from 2.7% (7) of literary part in day time to 25.3%(97%) of vocational part in evening time and the rate of smoking experience shows from 9.9%(26) literary part in day time to 25.3%(97) of
vocational
part in evening time. This data show that literary part in day time has the lowst rate while vocational part in eveing time the highest rate.
4. Compared with non smoker group, smoking group and former smoking group spent more money (P < 0.001) and felt dissatisfied with school life and didn't have good school records.
5. Smoking group and former smokers have more boy friends than non smoking group and in most cases their boy friend have smoking habits (P< 0.001). and it is the same with their gril friend (P <0.001).
6. Compared with non smoker group, smoking group and former smokers lack of their parents' interest (P < 0.001). But whether it is strict or free there is little difference among the three group.
7. For smoking group and former smoking group, in most cases their parent, brother and sister tend to smoke and especially their sisters' smoking has much influence on their smoking in comparison with non-smokers.
8. Compared with non-smoker group, smoking group and former smoking group tend to think less of the harm of smoking. In regard with health problem, more smoking group and former smokers think that smoking can relieve the stress (P < 0.001), and
more
non-smokers know that when a pregnant woman smokes, it can cause the lack of supply of Oxygen(P < 0.01).
9. Smoking group and former smoking group have more positive attitude towards smoking than non-smokers and tend to agree to their boy and girl friends' smoking(P < 0.001).
10. Compared with non-smoker group, smokers and former smokers do less exercises for health. One of the greatest differences between them is the eating habit and shows the low response in the item-have breakfast every morning. Have a meal
threetime a
day, Eat food slowly.
11. In regard with the possibility of smoking of respondents, the factors of smoking are found as following.
(1) Smoking attitude. (2) Money spent a month. (3) parents' and brother and sisters' smoking habit.
12. The possibility of smoking can explained to 8.9% individual characters, to 22.7% including the influence from parents, brothers and sisters and friends, and to 39.2% including the smoking knowledge, smoking habits, health exercises of the
smokers.
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