The relationship between employment and substance use among students aged 12 to 17.

Wu, Li Tzy

Schlenger, William E

Galvin, Deborah M

2020-02-03T06:21:10Z

2020-02-03T06:21:10Z

2003-01

2020-02-03T06:21:09Z

PURPOSE:To examine the association between employment status and substance use among students aged 12 to 17 years. METHODS:Secondary analysis of data from the 1995 and 1996 National Household Surveys on Drug Abuse was conducted. The survey is a primary source of data on licit and illicit drug use among noninstitutionalized Americans aged 12 years or older. Participants are interviewed at their places of residence. Multiple logistic regression procedures yielded estimated associations. RESULTS:About one in six adolescents reported both going to school and holding a job. Approximately one-fourth of students smoked cigarettes, and one-third consumed alcohol in the past year. An estimated 1.6% of students were current heavy cigarette smokers, and 2.6% were current heavy alcohol users. One-year prevalence estimates of any illicit drug use and heavy illicit drug use were 16.7% and 1.8%, respectively. Among students employed full time, prevalence estimates increased to 9.7% for heavy cigarette smoking, 13.1% for heavy alcohol use, 38.1% for any illicit drug use, and 5.0% for heavy illicit drug use. Logistic regression analyses supported relatively high rates of cigarette use, alcohol use, illicit drug use, and heavy substance use among working students. Mental health problems, especially externalizing behavioral syndromes, were found to coexist with the use and heavy use of substances. The observed associations varied somewhat by gender. CONCLUSIONS:The workplace may be an appropriate venue for establishing substance use prevention and early intervention programs focused on younger workers, including adolescents who work part time.

S1054139X02004470

1054-139X

1879-1972

https://hdl.handle.net/10161/20028

eng

Elsevier BV

The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine

10.1016/s1054-139x(02)00447-0

Humans

Substance-Related Disorders

Street Drugs

Health Surveys

Prevalence

Logistic Models

Adolescent Behavior

Alcohol Drinking

Smoking

Family Characteristics

Demography

Socioeconomic Factors

Adolescent

Child

Employment

United States

Female

Male

The relationship between employment and substance use among students aged 12 to 17.

Journal article

Wu, Li Tzy|0000-0002-5909-2259

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School of Medicine

Duke

Center for Child and Family Policy

Sanford School of Public Policy

Duke Clinical Research Institute

Institutes and Centers

Duke Institute for Brain Sciences

University Institutes and Centers

Institutes and Provost's Academic Units

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Social and Community Psychiatry

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Clinical Science Departments

Medicine, General Internal Medicine

Medicine

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