Further Evidence on Adolescent Employment and Substance Use: Differences by Race and Ethnicity

In an on-going debate over the consequences of adolescent employment, there is growing agreement that work intensity (i.e., longer hours) fosters underage drinking and other substance use. The current study furthers our understanding of the relationship between hours of employment and substance use...

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Published in:Journal of health and social behavior 2004-06, Vol.45 (2), p.187-197
Main Author: Johnson, Monica Kirkpatrick
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Addictive behaviors
Adolescent
Adolescent Behavior - ethnology
Adolescent Behavior - psychology
Adolescents
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Adults
Alcohol Abuse
Alcohol drinking
Alcohols
Asian Americans
Behavior
Biological and medical sciences
Cigarettes
Correlation
Drinking
Drug use
Employment
Employment - psychology
Employment - statistics & numerical data
Ethnicity
Evidence
Female
Hispanics
Humans
Longitudinal Studies
Male
Marijuana
Marijuana use
Medical sciences
Minority & ethnic groups
Minority Groups
Miscellaneous
Personnel Staffing and Scheduling - statistics & numerical data
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Race
Racial Differences
Smoking
Student Employment
Students - psychology
Substance Abuse
Substance use
Substance-Related Disorders - ethnology
Teenagers
Time Factors
United States - epidemiology
Whites
Work hours
Work Schedule Tolerance - psychology
Working Hours
Youth Employment
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Summary:In an on-going debate over the consequences of adolescent employment, there is growing agreement that work intensity (i.e., longer hours) fosters underage drinking and other substance use. The current study furthers our understanding of the relationship between hours of employment and substance use in adolescence by testing whether it is evident across racial/ethnic groups. Based on data from two waves of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, the study finds that the effects of work intensity on substance use is mostly limited to whites. Work intensity is not consistently related to alcohol, cigarette, and marijuana use among minority adolescents.
ISSN:0022-1465
2150-6000
DOI:10.1177/002214650404500205