The Longitudinal Effect of Drug Use on Productivity Status of Nonmetropolitan African American Young Adults

Autor/in	Roldós, María Isabel
Titel	The Longitudinal Effect of Drug Use on Productivity Status of Nonmetropolitan African American Young Adults
Quelle	In: Journal of Drug Education, 44 (2014) 1-2, S.34-50 (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0047-2379
DOI	10.1177/0047237915573524
Schlagwörter	Drug Use; Longitudinal Studies; Marijuana; Productivity; Multivariate Analysis; Young Adults; Alcohol Abuse; Prevention; Labor Market; Public Policy; Correlation; Adolescents; Multiple Regression Analysis; Georgia; Iowa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Drug consumption; Substance abuse; Drogenkonsum; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Produktivität; Multivariate Analyse; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Labour market; Arbeitsmarkt; Öffentliche Ordnung; Korrelation; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher
Abstract	The purpose of this study was to investigate the longitudinal effect of marijuana and heavy alcohol use on the productivity status of nonmetropolitan African American young adults. This analysis was based on secondary data from the Family and Community Health Study. For alcohol, the study evaluated the effects on productivity status for individuals with heavy alcohol use trajectories from adolescence into young adulthood while marijuana effects were evaluated during the period when adolescents are more likely to have initiated usage (14-16 years of age). Productivity status was measured when study participants were between 18 and 21 years, for both alcohol and marijuana. Multivariate logistic regression models were used to test the association between subjects' drug use and productivity. Bivariate analysis of the effects of marijuana use indicate that marijuana users by age 16 are 35% less likely to be productive at age 21 than those who have not initiated marijuana use (p?<?0.005). After controlling for individual, community, and family factors, the multivariate logistic models for alcohol and marijuana use suggest that early adolescence drug use (marijuana and heavy alcohol use) do not have an impact on productivity status during early adulthood. Analyzing and understanding the different drug use trajectories in relation to a productivity outcome is important for policies and research geared to preventing drug use and in identifying its relation with micro- and macro-level labor market outcomes. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01