Breaking bad habits by education - smoking dynamics among Swedish women

Health Econ. 2011 Jul;20(7):876-81. doi: 10.1002/hec.1669. Epub 2010 Sep 29.

Abstract

In a dynamic Two-Part Model (2 PM), we find the effect of previous smoking on the participation decision to be decreasing with education among Swedish women, i.e. more educated are less state dependent. However, we do not find an analogous effect of education on the conditional intensity of consumption.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Female
  • Humans
  • Models, Educational
  • Models, Psychological
  • Smoking / psychology*
  • Smoking Cessation / methods
  • Smoking Cessation / psychology*
  • Smoking Prevention
  • Sweden
  • Women / education*
  • Women / psychology