Tabaquismo y su relación con las condiciones socioeconómicas y culturales en los habitantes de la parroquia Sucre, Cuenca 2002-2003

Abstract

Part of the project conducted by the University of Cuenca: Tobacco, poverty and disease in the city of Cuenca. It is a quantitative descriptive epidemiological study on smoking by the inhabitants of the Sucre parish. Are 15,569 inhabitants, the sample 1of families, after drawing. The relationship between smoking and socioeconomic conditions is determined. Variables: age, sex, marital status, religion, occupation, related to cigarette smoking as smoking, smoking, smoking and costs. An anonymous survey and process with EPI-INFO and EXCEL eaplicó. The results were: 40de respondents smoke, most are social conglomerate under a salary of $ 0-99 (47) considering that four cigars (66) smoked daily, at a cost of 10 cents per snuff, injury would be $ 12 a month, men smoke more often (66) than women (33). The start into this habit is mostly teenage (15-19) And the 81de smokers know the risks they are exposed when they do. It has cultural ccreencias acceptance of smoking medicinal practices at the low level, especially with a 26 and stands in witchcraft in average with 33