Swiss Smoking Behaviors by Migration Background from the 2022 National Health Survey

Swiss data from 19,441 participants in the 2022 National Health Survey, analyzed by Kris Schürch. The dataset likely contains variables on smoking status, migration background, sex, age, and education. It was last updated on 2026-04 20.

Use Cases

• Modeling the association between migration background and smoking status based on the described logistic regression analysis.
• Conducting stratified analyses by sex, age, and education to examine intersectional effects on smoking behavior.
• Informing culturally adapted tobacco prevention strategies based on identified risk patterns among younger adults and lower educational groups.

Strengths

• Based on a large national survey with 19,441 participants.
• Focuses on a specific public health inequality using a clear primary exposure (migration background) and outcome (current smoking).
• Analysis includes stratified results by key sociodemographic factors: sex, age, and education.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The dataset is very small at 34.3 KB, suggesting it may be a summary or supplementary document rather than the raw survey data.

Provenance

Source

National Swiss Health Survey (2022)

Collection Method

Official national cross-sectional survey.

Time Range

2022

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-20 05:01:13; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Switzerland