Small area influences on the individual unhealthy lifestyle behaviors : A multilevel analysis of discriminatory accuracy

Galán, Iñaki; Rodríguez-Blázquez, Carmen; Simón, Lorena; Ortiz, Cristina, et al. (2021). Small area influences on the individual unhealthy lifestyle behaviors : A multilevel analysis of discriminatory accuracy. Health and Place, 67,
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Authors:
Galán, Iñaki ; Rodríguez-Blázquez, Carmen ; Simón, Lorena ; Ortiz, Cristina , et al.
Department:
Social Epidemiology
EpiHealth: Epidemiology for Health
Research Group:
Social Epidemiology
Abstract:

We estimated the discriminatory power of area of residence (census tract) on the prevalence of main risk factors for chronic diseases. Results, based on a sample of 21,007 participants from the 2011–2012 National Health Survey of Spain, show a differential influence of the geosocial environment on the four health risk factors. Accounting for census tracts substantially increases the discriminatory power regarding at-risk alcohol consumption, unbalanced diet, and leisure-time sedentarism but not tobacco consumption. However, the socioeconomic characteristics of the tracts played a minor role. Further research on the specific geosocial contextual variables explaining variability in these risk factors is necessary.

Keywords:
Diet ; Discriminatory accuracy ; Multilevel analysis ; Sedentarism ; Smoking: alcohol
ISSN:
1353-8292
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529b994e-f81a-4f4d-a7e3-059a2c6b056f | Link: https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/529b994e-f81a-4f4d-a7e3-059a2c6b056f | Statistics

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