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Health indicators among unemployed and employed young adults
Alberto J Caban-Martinez1, David J Lee, Elizabeth Goodman
1Department of Epidemiology & Public Health, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33136, USA. acaban@med.miami.edu
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%), and precision production/craft/repair workers reported the highest smoking rates (39.7%).
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.
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