Karvonen S, Rimpelä A. Socio-regional context as a determinant of adolescents' health behavior in Finland. Social Science and Medicine. 1996;43:1467-1474.
The authors investigated whether socioregional context influences the health behavior of adolescents in Finland, and whether it modifies differences by socioeconomic background of adolescents. To perform this study, the investigators linked individual-level data obtained from the Finnish Adolescent Health and Lifestyle Survey with a database that included socioeconomic characteristics of municipalities. In a series of logistic regression models, the authors analyzed factors related to four health behaviors: daily smoking, weekly alcohol use, use of high-fat milk products, and frequent physical activity. The socioeconomic status of the adolescents was related to all four health behaviors. Controlling for adolescents' individual characteristics, the authors found that adolescents' use of alcohol and high-fat milk products was associated with socioregional context.
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