OBJECTIVE To investigate the demographic, socioeconomic, and geographical distribution of tobacco consumption in India. DESIGN Multilevel cross sectional analysis of the 1998-9 Indian national family health survey of 301 984 individuals in 92 447 households in 3215 villages in 440 districts in 26 states. SETTING Indian states. PARTICIPANTS 301 984 adults (> or = 18 years). MAIN OUTCOME ...

Objective To investigate the demographic, socioeconomic, and geographical distribution of tobacco consumption in India. Design Multilevel cross sectional analysis of the 1998-9 Indian national family health survey of 301 984 individuals in 92 447 households in 3215 villages in 440 districts in 26 states. Setting Indian states. Participants 301 984 adults ( ≥ 18 years). Main outcome measures Dic...

Introduction. General practitioners (GPs) play an important role in end of life care, which should be offered regardless of socioeconomic position and cultural factors. The aim was to analyse associations between GP contacts at the end of life and socioeconomic and cultural characteristics of Danish cancer patients. Method. Population-based study identifying 599 adults who died of cancer from M...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the consumption of ultra-processed foods and related factors in adolescents. METHODS This is a cross-sectional study conducted with 784 adolescents (both sexes and aged between 12 and 19 years) from public and private schools in the municipality of Palmeira das Missões, Brazil. Food consumption was recorded by the semiquantitative questionnaire of frequency of food consu...

In this paper we highlight the sensorial and cultural correlates of consumption Trebbiano wine produced in Abruzzo region, Italy. The data have been collected through a questionnaire survey on sample 48 adults. was conveniently selected among participants at scientific meeting held Pescara September 2018. part complex experiment concerning preference white with respect to series other regional ...

With introduction of social niche effects into a model of cultural change, the frequency of a practice cannot predict the frequency of its underlying belief. The combination of a general model with empirical data from a specific case illustrates the importance of collaboration between modellers and field researchers, and identifies the type of quantitative data necessary for analysing case stud...