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Author: Chen, Min
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1. Chen, Min
Social Interaction and Youth Smoking
Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Economics, State University of New York at Albany, 2013
Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79, NLSY79 Young Adult
Publisher: ProQuest Dissertations & Theses (PQDT)
Keyword(s): Cigarette Use (see Smoking); Gender Differences; Geocoded Data; Geographical Variation; Neighborhood Effects; Racial Differences; Regions; Residence; Siblings; Smoking (see Cigarette Use); Social Influences; State-Level Data/Policy

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Young people are psychologically immature, and are easy to be influenced by others to engage in risky behaviors. Based on the data from the NLSY79, this dissertation examines how maternal smoking, sibling smoking, and living in urban and rural areas impact on youth smoking decisions.
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Chen, Min. Social Interaction and Youth Smoking. Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Economics, State University of New York at Albany, 2013.