Health indicators among unemployed and employed young adults

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• Personal Author:
  Arheart KL ; Caban-Martinez, Alberto J. ; Christ SL ; Davila, Evelyn P. ; Fleming, Lora E. ; Goodman E ; Hollenbeck JA ; LeBlanc WG ; Lee DJ ; McCollister KE ; Muntaner C ; Zimmerman FJ ; Arheart KL ; Caban-Martinez, Alberto J. ; Christ SL ; Davila, Evelyn P. ; Fleming, Lora E. ; Goodman E ; Hollenbeck JA ; LeBlanc WG ; Lee DJ ; McCollister KE ; Muntaner C ; Zimmerman FJ
• Description:
  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. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Aging Alcoholic Beverages Behavior Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Smokers Surveys And Questionnaires Transportation

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• Keywords:
  Age-groups Alcoholic-beverages Behavior-patterns Food Foodstuff Health-surveys Industrial-factory-workers Materials-handling Materials-transport Occupations Physical-exercise Repair-shops Risk-analysis Risk-factors Smoking Transportation-workers Workers

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• ISSN:
  1076-2752
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article ; Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  California ; Florida ; Massachusetts ; North Carolina ; OSHA Region 1 ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health ; Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America ; North America
• Pages in Document:
  196-203
• Volume:
  53
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20039065
• Citation:
  J Occup Environ Med 2011 Feb; 53(2):196-203
• Contact Point Address:
  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
• Email:
  acaban@med.miami.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2011
• Performing Organization:
  University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20020901
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• End Date:
  20120831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:9d54fdd6fc3e29eb339544c04b662297396043ae9b5187615a284963880261caab60a5fc6366e812335ac978aa2e5aff71580aebe94327c6f3196066cecea7c8
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/192553/cdc_192553_DS1.pdf
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