Juvenile and early adulthood smoking and adult educational achievements — A 31-year follow-up of the Northern Finland 1966 Birth Cohort
Aims: To investigate the association between juvenile and early adult cigarette smoking and educational achievements up to the age of 31 years. Methods: As a part of the follow-up of the North Finland 1966 Birth Cohort ( n=10542) from 1966 to 1997, smoking was assessed at the ages of 14 and 31 by po...
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crsagepubl:10.1177/14034948010290020501 2023-05-15T17:39:14+02:00 Juvenile and early adulthood smoking and adult educational achievements — A 31-year follow-up of the Northern Finland 1966 Birth Cohort Isohanni, Irene Järvelin, Marjo-Riitta Rantakallio, Paula Jokelainen, Jari Jones, Peter B. Nieminen, Pentti Croudace, Tim Isohanni, Matti 2001 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/14034948010290020501 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/14034948010290020501 en eng SAGE Publications http://journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license Scandinavian Journal of Public Health volume 29, issue 2, page 87-95 ISSN 1403-4948 1651-1905 Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health General Medicine journal-article 2001 crsagepubl https://doi.org/10.1177/14034948010290020501 2022-04-14T04:54:56Z Aims: To investigate the association between juvenile and early adult cigarette smoking and educational achievements up to the age of 31 years. Methods: As a part of the follow-up of the North Finland 1966 Birth Cohort ( n=10542) from 1966 to 1997, smoking was assessed at the ages of 14 and 31 by postal questionnaires. The highest level of educational attainment was obtained from the National Education Registry of Statistics Finland up to the age of 31 years. Results : Adult smoking (at age 31) and prolonged smoking (at ages 14 and 31) were both associated with an approximately two- to sixfold, adjusted odds for educational underachievement. Smoking only at age 14 showed none of these associations. Conclusion: These results are unlikely to be causal, but may be explained by other characteristics associated with smoking such as personality or lifestyle factors, as well as the effect of knowledge related to smoking gained during higher education. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Finland Northern Finland SAGE Publications (via Crossref) Scandinavian Journal of Public Health 29 2 87 95 |
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Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health General Medicine Isohanni, Irene Järvelin, Marjo-Riitta Rantakallio, Paula Jokelainen, Jari Jones, Peter B. Nieminen, Pentti Croudace, Tim Isohanni, Matti Juvenile and early adulthood smoking and adult educational achievements — A 31-year follow-up of the Northern Finland 1966 Birth Cohort |
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Aims: To investigate the association between juvenile and early adult cigarette smoking and educational achievements up to the age of 31 years. Methods: As a part of the follow-up of the North Finland 1966 Birth Cohort ( n=10542) from 1966 to 1997, smoking was assessed at the ages of 14 and 31 by postal questionnaires. The highest level of educational attainment was obtained from the National Education Registry of Statistics Finland up to the age of 31 years. Results : Adult smoking (at age 31) and prolonged smoking (at ages 14 and 31) were both associated with an approximately two- to sixfold, adjusted odds for educational underachievement. Smoking only at age 14 showed none of these associations. Conclusion: These results are unlikely to be causal, but may be explained by other characteristics associated with smoking such as personality or lifestyle factors, as well as the effect of knowledge related to smoking gained during higher education. |
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Isohanni, Irene Järvelin, Marjo-Riitta Rantakallio, Paula Jokelainen, Jari Jones, Peter B. Nieminen, Pentti Croudace, Tim Isohanni, Matti |
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Isohanni, Irene Järvelin, Marjo-Riitta Rantakallio, Paula Jokelainen, Jari Jones, Peter B. Nieminen, Pentti Croudace, Tim Isohanni, Matti |
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Juvenile and early adulthood smoking and adult educational achievements — A 31-year follow-up of the Northern Finland 1966 Birth Cohort |
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Juvenile and early adulthood smoking and adult educational achievements — A 31-year follow-up of the Northern Finland 1966 Birth Cohort |
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Juvenile and early adulthood smoking and adult educational achievements — A 31-year follow-up of the Northern Finland 1966 Birth Cohort |
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Juvenile and early adulthood smoking and adult educational achievements — A 31-year follow-up of the Northern Finland 1966 Birth Cohort |
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Juvenile and early adulthood smoking and adult educational achievements — A 31-year follow-up of the Northern Finland 1966 Birth Cohort |
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juvenile and early adulthood smoking and adult educational achievements — a 31-year follow-up of the northern finland 1966 birth cohort |
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