The Factors Influence on the Smokers in the Low Income Group : Case Study in Malaysia

Several variable were used to characterize the relationship between social factors such are gender, age, education level, income level, health effect, years of smoking increase cigarette price and smoking rate conducted in this study lower income groups smoking in Malaysia by questionnaire survey. T...

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Main Author:	Abdelrahman, Osman Elsheikh
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Subjects:	HV Social Pathology Social and Public Welfare
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description	Several variable were used to characterize the relationship between social factors such are gender, age, education level, income level, health effect, years of smoking increase cigarette price and smoking rate conducted in this study lower income groups smoking in Malaysia by questionnaire survey. These variables were analyzed by reliability test, ANOVA tables, correlation and regressions. The result found that the reliability test found that all variable significant except the increase cigarette price. The ANOVA tables correlation and regression analysis also found that all variables are significantly have relationships with each other found. Except increase of cigarette price which is not significantly with these variables. Also all study variable were found in a good agreement with the study hypotheses assumed in the present work.
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title	The Factors Influence on the Smokers in the Low Income Group : Case Study in Malaysia
title_short	The Factors Influence on the Smokers in the Low Income Group : Case Study in Malaysia
title_full	The Factors Influence on the Smokers in the Low Income Group : Case Study in Malaysia
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spelling	my-uum-etd.36402016-04-24T03:22:48Z The Factors Influence on the Smokers in the Low Income Group : Case Study in Malaysia 2009 Abdelrahman, Osman Elsheikh Abidin, Shamharir College of Business (COB) College of Business HV Social Pathology. Social and Public Welfare Several variable were used to characterize the relationship between social factors such are gender, age, education level, income level, health effect, years of smoking increase cigarette price and smoking rate conducted in this study lower income groups smoking in Malaysia by questionnaire survey. These variables were analyzed by reliability test, ANOVA tables, correlation and regressions. The result found that the reliability test found that all variable significant except the increase cigarette price. The ANOVA tables correlation and regression analysis also found that all variables are significantly have relationships with each other found. Except increase of cigarette price which is not significantly with these variables. Also all study variable were found in a good agreement with the study hypotheses assumed in the present work. 2009 Thesis https://etd.uum.edu.my/3640/ https://etd.uum.edu.my/3640/1/s88324.pdf text eng validuser masters masters Universiti Utara Malaysia Becker, G. S. and Murphy, K. M. (1998). A Theory of Rational Addiction. Journal of Political Economy, 96, pp, 675-700. Bartosch W. and Pope G. (2002). Economic Effect of Restaurant Smoking Restrictions on Restaurant Business in Massachusetts, 1992 to 1998. Tobacco Control. 1(3), pp. 38-42. Baquet, C. R., Horm, J. W., Gibbs, T., and Greenwald, P. (1991). Socio-economic factors andcancer incidence among blacks and whites. J. Natl. Cancer. Inst., 83(8), 551–7 Bobak, M., Skodova, Z., Pisa, Z., Poledne, R., and Marmot, M. (1997). Political changes and trends in cardiovascular risk factors in the Czech Republic 1985–1992. J. Epidemiol. Comm. Hlth., 51, 272–7. 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