TY - JOUR
T1 - Role of grandparents in risky health behavior transmission
T2 - a study on smoking behavior in Norway
AU - Sari, Emre
AU - Moilanen, Mikko
AU - Lindeboom, Maarten
N1 - Funding Information:
We are grateful for comments on previous drafts of the paper from conference participants at the European Health Economics Association Conference 2022 and seminar attendants at both the Social Inequality in Health Research Group and the Department of Community Medicine at UiT the Arctic University of Norway. We also acknowledge Eugenio Zucchelli, Fabrice Etile, and Øystein Myrland for their comments. This study's funding source is the High North Population Studies (HighNoPos) project of UiT the Arctic University of Norway. Besides, the study is partially financed by the Norwegian Research Council (Grant no. 324963) Adverse childhood experiences - families, resilience, and children's outcomes. The financial support is gratefully acknowledged.
Funding Information:
We are grateful for comments on previous drafts of the paper from conference participants at the European Health Economics Association Conference 2022 and seminar attendants at both the Social Inequality in Health Research Group and the Department of Community Medicine at UiT the Arctic University of Norway. We also acknowledge Eugenio Zucchelli, Fabrice Etile, and Øystein Myrland for their comments. This study's funding source is the High North Population Studies (HighNoPos) project of UiT the Arctic University of Norway. Besides, the study is partially financed by the Norwegian Research Council (Grant no. 324963 ) Adverse childhood experiences - families, resilience, and children's outcomes. The financial support is gratefully acknowledged.
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PY - 2023/12
Y1 - 2023/12
N2 - Exploring the role of grandparents in the intergenerational transmission of risky health behaviors, specifically smoking, this study aims to examine the differential influence of maternal and paternal grandparents on their grandchildren's smoking behavior in adulthood. Utilizing the Tromsø Study's unique three-generational dataset from Tromsø, Norway, we employ a control function approach. The findings show a matrilateral bias, revealing that maternal grandparents' smoking behavior has a notable negative direct effect on the probability of their grandchildren's smoking. No such influence is observed in the case of paternal grandparents. Moreover, an indirect transmission of grandparental smoking behavior from grandparents to grandchildren through parents is identified, increasing on grandchildren's smoking probability. These results underscore the necessity of incorporating the influential role of grandparents, in crafting public health policies and family-centered interventions for tobacco use.
AB - Exploring the role of grandparents in the intergenerational transmission of risky health behaviors, specifically smoking, this study aims to examine the differential influence of maternal and paternal grandparents on their grandchildren's smoking behavior in adulthood. Utilizing the Tromsø Study's unique three-generational dataset from Tromsø, Norway, we employ a control function approach. The findings show a matrilateral bias, revealing that maternal grandparents' smoking behavior has a notable negative direct effect on the probability of their grandchildren's smoking. No such influence is observed in the case of paternal grandparents. Moreover, an indirect transmission of grandparental smoking behavior from grandparents to grandchildren through parents is identified, increasing on grandchildren's smoking probability. These results underscore the necessity of incorporating the influential role of grandparents, in crafting public health policies and family-centered interventions for tobacco use.
KW - Grandparents' influence
KW - Intergenerational transmission
KW - Matrilateral bias
KW - Risky health behaviors
KW - Tobacco smoking
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85175027893
U2 - 10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.116339
DO - 10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.116339
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85175027893
SN - 0277-9536
VL - 338
JO - Social Science and Medicine
JF - Social Science and Medicine
M1 - 116339
ER -
SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being