Swiss Health Survey 2022: Smoking Behaviors by Migration Background

19,441 participants from the 2022 Swiss Health Survey were analyzed to examine the association between migration background and current smoking. The dataset, authored by Kris Schürch and last updated in April 2026, contains results from multivariable logistic regression and stratified analyses by sex, age, and education. It is shared under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Modeling smoking risk based on migration generation and sociodemographic factors mentioned in the description
• Analyzing intersectional health inequalities based on age, education, and migration status
• Evaluating the need for culturally adapted prevention strategies based on identified risk groups
• Benchmarking national tobacco control policies against population-level survey data

Strengths

• Based on a national, official cross-sectional survey with 19,441 participants
• Provides specific odds ratios (e.g., OR=1.75 for 2nd+ generation migrants) from adjusted models
• Includes stratified analyses by key sociodemographic variables: sex, age groups, 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 primary data file is a 385.3 KB DOCX document, which may require extraction or conversion for analysis

Provenance

Source

National Swiss Health Survey

Collection Method

Official national cross-sectional survey

Time Range

2022

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-20 05:01:12; freshness should be verified

Geography

Switzerland