Kontakt 2015, 17(4):e223-e227 | DOI: 10.1016/j.kontakt.2015.09.001

Alcohol use, smoking and gambling in relation to immigrants of Ukrainian nationality in the Czech RepublicSocial Sciences in Health - Original article

David Urban

Jihočeská univerzita v Českých Budějovicích, Zdravotně sociální fakulta, katedra sociální práce, České Budějovice, Česká republika

The following paper deals with one of the social determinants of health involving a target group of immigrants of Ukrainian nationality (N = 237) living in the Czech Republic. The author has focused on the areas pertaining to smoking, alcohol consumption, taking illegal substances (drugs) and playing gambling machines and these areas pertain to the relationship with the following monitored variables: gender, age, highest achieved education and subjective feeling of one's personal health status. The data have been collected by means of a questionnaire survey within the territory of the Czech Republic (quantitative research) and evaluated in SPSS 16.0 program. Pursuant to statistical measurements in the SPSS program, it can be stated that the variable regarding gender joins all the above mentioned areas in formulating a statistically significant relationship. The other variables do not show any statistically significant relationship. Regarding the consummation of tobacco products, the follow-up file has shown similar numbers of smokers as was the case in the entire Czech Republic representation.

Keywords: smoking; alcohol; playing winning automatic machines; drugs; immigrants

Received: February 12, 2015; Revised: June 11, 2015; Accepted: September 22, 2015; Published: November 20, 2015  Show citation