Characteristics of Teens with and Without Work Permits

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• Personal Author:
  Bowling JM ; Dal Santo JA
• Description:
  BACKGROUND: Factors associated with the issuance of mandated work permits for teens, and their enforcement are currently unknown. METHODS: A cross-sectional survey was administered to 1945 teens at 16 randomly selected North Carolina high schools. Predictor variables examined included teens' socio-demographic characteristics, employment patterns, and labor law knowledge. RESULTS: One thousand and ninety-four non-working and 844 working teens participated. Seventy-seven percent of working teens worked during the school year and 39% started working younger than 16. The majority (80%) worked in retail and services. Forty-four percent worked without work permits. Factors associated with being less likely to be issued a work permit included white race, employment in a family-owned business, being a laborer, and limited or no knowledge of child labor laws. CONCLUSIONS: Adherence to and enforcement of the work permit system is low. Interventions should specifically target teens who work in family owned businesses, in unskilled labor and in hazardous industries. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Age Factors Aging Demography Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Race Factors Safety
• Keywords:
  Age-factors Age-groups Author Keywords: Work Permits Child Labor Laws Children Demographic-characteristics Family Businesses Occupational-hazards Racial-factors Safety Interventions Statistical-analysis Work-organization Work-practices Young Workers

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• ISSN:
  0271-3586
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  North Carolina ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  52
• Issue:
  11
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20036426
• Citation:
  Am J Ind Med 2009 Nov; 52(11):841-849
• Contact Point Address:
  Janet Abboud Dal Santo, Transdisciplinary Prevention Research Center, Duke University, Box #90420, Durham, NC 27708-0420
• Email:
  janet.dalsanto@duke.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2010
• NORA Priority Area:
  Work Environment and Workforce: Special Populations
• Performing Organization:
  University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20000901
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Industrial Medicine
• End Date:
  20030831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:a3ed834bb346240540ffd05a324cf1eadfd8b6bcc8af3bdef2f81c874cda93f46e9976d13934f0f5caed12f204d515ef17a973496e013fbeef8cee5933abffdc
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/187862/cdc_187862_DS1.pdf
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