OBJECTIVE: Research on the prevalence of health indicators by employment status among young US adults is limited. METHODS: We analyzed data from a nationally representative sample of young adults aged 18 to 24 years to document the prevalence of five health behaviors (cigarette smoking, risky drinking, leisure-time physical activity, and fruit and French fries consumption) by employment status. RESULTS: Unemployed young adults reported higher levels of risky drinking and nonengagement in leisure-time physical activity, while employed young adults had higher levels of smoking, French fries consumption, and low fruit/vegetable consumption. Transportation/material-moving young adult workers reported the highest level of risky drinking (13.5 percent), and precision production/craft/repair workers reported the highest smoking rates (39.7 percent). CONCLUSIONS: We found an elevated prevalence of risk factors, which places young workers at increased risk for the development of chronic conditions later in life.
Alberto J. Caban-Martinez, MPH, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Clinical Research Building, Room 1073, 1120 NW, 14th Street, 10th Floor (R-669), Miami, FL 33136
CODEN
JOEMFM
Publication Date
20110201
Document Type
Journal Article
Email Address
acaban@med.miami.edu
Funding Type
Grant
Fiscal Year
2011
Identifying No.
Grant-Number-R01-OH-003915
Issue of Publication
2
ISSN
1076-2752
Source Name
Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
State
FL; MA; NC; CA
Performing Organization
University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida
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