Effects of Work Permits on Illegal Employment Among Youth Workers: Findings of a School-Based Survey on Child Labor Violations

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• Personal Author:
  Bowling JM ; Dal Santo JA ; Harris TA
• Description:
  We compared self-reported child labor violations between teenagers with and without work permits. Data were obtained from a school-based survey of working teenagers in 16 randomly selected high schools in North Carolina. We examined associations between work hour violations, hazardous order violations (performance of illegal tasks), and possession of a work permit. Work permits appear to be protective against performance of illegal tasks but not against work hour violations, demonstrating the need for stricter enforcement policies and improvements in work permit screening processes. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Age Factors Aging Demography Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Age-factors Age-groups Children Demographic-characteristics Occupational-hazards Statistical-analysis Work-organization Work-practices
• ISSN:
  0090-0036
• 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:
  100
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20036708
• Citation:
  Am J Public Health 2010 Apr; 100(4):635-637
• Contact Point Address:
  Janet Abboud Dal Santo, DrPH, Duke University, Transdisciplinary Prevention Research Center, Box 90420, Durham, NC 27708-0420
• Email:
  jd157@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 Public Health
• End Date:
  20030831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:554f1857437bb5d464cd230064d8a5615ab8cce120a07014c84af5846e9e28ed37cc2e76296ad524299014ec78f963c4475a697aa1c133c9758a3b029c7772e3
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/188023/cdc_188023_DS1.pdf
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