Abstract
ABSTRACT The objective of this study is to investigate factors associated with health-related behavior clusters amongst emerging adults in Taiwan. We employed data from the 2009 National Health Interview Survey in Taiwan and restricted the study sample to respondents aged 18–25 (n = 2,636). We analyzed the factors associated with three health-related behavior clusters, labeled ‘smoking-drinking’, ‘unbalanced diet’ and ‘health consciousness’ identified in a previous study. We performed multinomial logistic regression by controlling demographic, socioeconomics, disease knowledge, and medical history. Compared with the ‘health-consciousness’ cluster, the ‘smoking-drinking’ cluster was mostly comprised of men who were married, non-students, residents of low-income regions, and those earning a high income; by contrast, the ‘unbalanced diet’ cluster was mostly comprised of women in their late teens, residing in more affluent areas, and whose incomes ranged up to NT$20,000. Our study identified sociodemographic factors that are associated with unhealthy clusters, thus providing relevant evidence for designing tailor-made health promotion programs.
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