Employment experience in relation to alcohol, tobacco, and betel nut use among youth in Taiwan
Resource
DRUG AND ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE 84 (3): 273-280
Journal
Drug and Alcohol Dependence
Journal Volume
84
Journal Issue
3
Pages
273-280
Date Issued
2006
Date
2006
Author(s)
Chen C.-Y.
Chen W.-C.
Lew-Ting C.-Y.
Lee C.-M.
Yen C.-F.
Lin C.C.H.
Yang M.-J.
Lai T.-J.
Abstract
The aim of this study is to assess the association linking employment experience with alcohol, tobacco, and betel nut involvement among youth in Taiwan. In 2004, an outreach program was conducted during weekdays to recruit youth sample in seven major geographic regions. A total of 5886 youth aged 12–18 years drawn from 26 cities or towns were assessed by a two-page anonymous self-administered questionnaire, including sociodemographic characteristics, employment-, development-, and drug-related experiences. In Taiwan, youthful experience of alcohol, tobacco, and polydrug use varies by employment status, work intensity, and job type. Holding a full-time job and working in certain settings (e.g., grocery, restaurants) were found associated with an excess of drug-using behaviors. With taking age, male gender, family context, disposable allowance, and school attendance into account, working youths were two to four times as likely to have recent drug involvement than their non-working counterparts, especially for tobacco and polydrug (OR = 3.32, 95% CI: 2.58–4.27, p < 0.001; OR = 3. 76, 95% CI: 2.76–5.13, p < 0.001). Youths in the labor force emerge as a subgroup experiencing greater use of alcohol, tobacco, betel nut, and polydrug. Future prevention programs may target this high-risk group to reduce possible drug-related negative consequences in developmental and health domains in Taiwan. and job type. Holding a full-time job and working in certain settings (e.g., grocery, restaurants) were found associated
Subjects
Employment
Adolescents
Tobacco
Alcohol
Betel
nut
Adolescents; Alcohol; Betel nut; Employment; Outreach program; Tobacco
Other Subjects
alcohol; adolescent; adult; alcohol consumption; article; behavior; betel nut; confidence interval; controlled study; demography; employment; employment status; experience; family; female; human; major clinical study; male; multiple drug abuse; priority journal; questionnaire; school; school child; smoking; Taiwan; worker; Adolescent; Alcoholism; Areca; Child; Community-Institutional Relations; Employment; Female; Humans; Male; Questionnaires; Substance-Related Disorders; Taiwan; Tobacco Use Disorder; Nicotiana tabacum; Piper betel
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd
Type
journal article
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