TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - Influence of gender role attitudes on smoking and drinking among girls from Jujuy, Argentina
JO  - Preventive medicine
A1  - Mejía, Raul
A1  - Kaplan, Celia P.
A1  - Alderete, Ethel
A1  - Gregorich, Steven E.
A1  - Pérez-Stable, Eliseo J.
SP  - 194
EP  - 197
VL  - 57
IS  - 3
N2  - OBJECTIVE: Evaluate effect of gender role attitudes on tobacco and alcohol use among Argentinean girls. METHOD: Cross-sectional survey of 10th grade students attending 27 randomly selected schools in Jujuy, Argentina. Questions about tobacco and alcohol use were adapted from global youth surveys. Five items with 5-point response options of agreement-disagreement assessed attitude towards egalitarian (higher score) gender roles. RESULTS: 2,133 girls, aged 13-18 years, 71% Indigenous, 22% mixed Indigenous/European, and 7% European responded. Of these, 60% had ever smoked, 32% were current smokers, 58% ever drinkers, 27% drank in previous month, and 13% had ≥5 drinks on one occasion. Mean response to the gender role scale was 3.49 (95% CI=3.41-3.57) out of 5 tending toward egalitarian attitudes. Logistic regression models using the gender role scale score as the main predictor and adjusting for demographic and social confounders showed that egalitarian gender role was associated with ever smoking (OR=1.25; 95% CI 1.09-1.44), ever drinking (OR=1.24; 95% CI 1.10-1.40), drinking in prior month (OR=1.21; 95% CI 1.07-1.37) and ≥5 drinks on one occasion (OR=1.15; 95% CI 1.00-1.33), but was not significant for current smoking. CONCLUSION: Girls in Jujuy who reported more egalitarian gender role attitudes had higher odds of smoking or drinking. (200 words).<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0091-7435
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2013.05.011
ID  - ref1
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