Tabaquismo, características socioeconómicas y culturales, en la parroquia Hermano Miguel de la ciudad de Cuenca 2002-2003

Abstract

It is part of a project on: Tobacco, poverty and disease in the city of Cuenca, of the University of Cuenca. It has the overall objective to try to determine the relationship between smoking and socioeconomic conditions (related apobreza), and what are the risks in smokers Hermano Miguel parish of the city of Cuenca. Among its specific objectives establish what social conglomerate either of its middle and lower level there most smokers. The methodology for this research a quantitative study of epidemiological descrptivo type used, as it takes the urban population of the aforementioned parish universe, whose significant type stratified random sample taken at 1of families using key variables such as personal, social and economic characteristics, cultural and cigarette consumption. The main results obtained lead to the conclusion wanted the vast majority no smoking and that in smokers the myoría belong to the social conglomerate under, are men, started the habit in adolescence (15 to 19) are married, Catholic, incomplete higher education, taught their friends, smoke anytime, anywhere, for pleasure, drawn by one to four cigarettes a day, brand Lark respect to smoking at all, know their warnings and risks, most have no symptoms, have wanted and tried to quit using self-help and have felt reassured when they have done.