GENDER GAP IN SMOKING: A NONLINEAR DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS FOR TURKEY

Abstract

 This paper aims to analyze the determinants of gender gap in smoking and compare the results between 2008 and 2012, the period of National Tobacco Control Action Plan. We apply the extended Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition using the Global Adult Tobacco Survey. We find that the percentage of the smoking differential explained is sensitive to the choice of the reference coefficients. Moreover, an inclusion of attitude toward tobacco law and tax variables increases the percentage of the explained differential when females and males differ only with respect to the differences in the observed characteristics. Results show that females and males respond differently to the changes in the factors of smoking. In addition, decomposition analysis reveals that contributions of the significant factors associated with gender gap in smoking differ between 2008 and 2012.

Keywords

• Turkey,Smoking,Gender differences,Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition,Nonlinear regression models

SİGARA İÇME DAVRANIŞI CİNSİYET FARKLILIĞI: TÜRKİYE İÇİN DOĞRUSAL OLMAYAN BİR AYRIŞTIRMA YÖNTEMİ

Abstract

Bu çalışmanın amacı, sigara içme davranışındaki cinsiyet farklılığının belirleyicilerini analiz etmek ve Ulusal Tütün Kontrol Eylem Plan periyodu olan 2008 ve 2012 için sonuçları karşılaştırmaktır. Çalışmada, Küresel Yetişkin Tütün Araştırma Anketi verileri ile genişletilmiş Blinder-Oaxaca ayrıştırma yöntemi uygulanmaktadır. Açıklanan farklılığın yüzdesinin referans katsayısı seçimine hassas olduğu görülmektedir. Ayrıca, kadın ve erkekler sadece gözlemlenebilir özelliklerine göre farklılaştığında, modele tütün yasası ve vergisine yaklaşım değişkenlerinin eklenmesi açıklanan farklılığı artırmaktadır. Sonuçlar ayrıca kadın ve erkeklerin belirleyici faktörlerdeki değişimlere farklı tepki verdiklerini ve cinsiyetler arası sigara içme davranış farklılığına ilişkin anlamlı faktörlerin etkilerinin 2008 ve 2012 yılları arasında değiştiğini göstermektedir

Keywords

• Türkiye,Sigara içme davranışı,Cinsiyet farklılıkları,Blinder-Oaxaca ayrıştırması,Doğrusal olmayan regresyon modelleri

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