Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ548289
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Publication Date: 1997
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Smoking Control. Smoking Behavior among Adolescents in the City, Suburbs, and Rural Areas of Shanghai.
Sun, Wei Yue; Ling, Tan
American Journal of Health Promotion, v11 n5 p331-36 May-Jun 1997
This study investigated differences in predisposing factors, enabling factors, reinforcing factors, and smoking behavior among middle school students in rural, urban, and suburban areas of Shanghai (China). Surveys in 11 schools indicated that students' smoking behavior was affected strongly by enabling factors and reinforcing factors related to socioeconomic, cultural, and environmental influences. (Author/SM)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attitude Measures, Cultural Influences, Environmental Influences, Foreign Countries, Health Behavior, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools, Knowledge Level, Middle School Students, Middle Schools, Reinforcement, Rural Environment, Smoking, Socioeconomic Status, Student Behavior, Student Characteristics, Suburban Environment, Urban Environment
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: China (Shanghai)
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