Socioeconomic Factors and Health Risk Behaviors Among Adolescents
Methods : The Youth Asset Study (N = 1111) was used to examine multivariate relationships between sexual initiation, alcohol use, tobacco use, and drug use and 8 socioeconomic factors.
Results : Socioeconomic factors beyond income and parental education (eg, wealth) were associated with some health behaviors depending upon gender. However, we did not find that a wider range of factors helped us better understand racial/ethnic disparities.
Conclusions : Even the more comprehensive set of socioeconomic factors considered may not accurately capture the underlying construct of adolescent SES.
Keywords: adolescent; ethnicity; health behaviors; race; socioeconomic factors
Document Type: Research Article
Affiliations: 1 Associate Professor, School of Social Work, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX.
Publication date: 01 January 2011
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