TY - JOUR
T1 - Racial/ethnic differences in associations between neighborhood socioeconomic status, distress, and smoking among U.S. Adults
AU - Karriker-Jaffe, Katherine J.
AU - Liu, Huiguo
AU - Johnson, Renee M.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors thank Dr. Sarah Zemore for her helpful feedback on this study. National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) and National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) provided funding that supported this study. NIAAA provided funding for the National Alcohol Surveys (P50AA005595, T. Greenfield, PI) and the research grant that sup-ported this study (R21AA018175, K.J. Karriker-Jaffe, PI). Dr. Johnson''s work on this study was supported by a career development award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (K01DA031738). The NIAAA and NIDA had no further role in study design, in the collection, analysis or interpretation of data, in the writing of the report, or in the decision to submit the paper for publication. The content is solely the responsibility of the author and does not necessarily represent the official views of the NIAAA, NIDA, or the National Institutes of Health.
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PY - 2016/1/2
Y1 - 2016/1/2
N2 - Neighborhood disadvantage may increase smoking by increasing distress, while neighborhood affluence may reduce smoking by increasing positive affect. We examined whether relationships between neighborhood socioeconomic status (SES) and daily smoking operated through distress and positive affect. Simultaneous multivariate path models used pooled cross-sectional data from the 2000 and 2005 National Alcohol Surveys (15,963 respondents; weighted N = 10,753) and the 2000 Decennial Census. Multiple groups analysis assessed differences by gender and race/ethnicity. Covariates included neighborhood immigrant concentration and individual-level demographics. In the full sample, neighborhood disadvantage significantly increased smoking and neighborhood affluence significantly decreased smoking, with no indirect paths through either distress or positive affect. Unique among Hispanics, affluence resulted in decreased smoking indirectly through reduced distress. Relationships between affect and smoking also varied by race/ethnicity, with no significant differences by gender. Interventions targeting neighborhood socioeconomic status and distress may help reduce smoking, particularly for racial/ethnic minorities.
AB - Neighborhood disadvantage may increase smoking by increasing distress, while neighborhood affluence may reduce smoking by increasing positive affect. We examined whether relationships between neighborhood socioeconomic status (SES) and daily smoking operated through distress and positive affect. Simultaneous multivariate path models used pooled cross-sectional data from the 2000 and 2005 National Alcohol Surveys (15,963 respondents; weighted N = 10,753) and the 2000 Decennial Census. Multiple groups analysis assessed differences by gender and race/ethnicity. Covariates included neighborhood immigrant concentration and individual-level demographics. In the full sample, neighborhood disadvantage significantly increased smoking and neighborhood affluence significantly decreased smoking, with no indirect paths through either distress or positive affect. Unique among Hispanics, affluence resulted in decreased smoking indirectly through reduced distress. Relationships between affect and smoking also varied by race/ethnicity, with no significant differences by gender. Interventions targeting neighborhood socioeconomic status and distress may help reduce smoking, particularly for racial/ethnic minorities.
KW - Distress
KW - Neighborhood disadvantage
KW - Smoking
KW - Socioeconomic status
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U2 - 10.1080/15332640.2014.1002879
DO - 10.1080/15332640.2014.1002879
M3 - Article
C2 - 26115317
AN - SCOPUS:84983113107
SN - 1533-2640
VL - 15
SP - 73
EP - 91
JO - Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse
JF - Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse
IS - 1
ER -