Do Jobs Work? Risk and Protective Behaviors Associated with Employment among Disadvantaged Female Teens in Urban Atlanta

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ID6409362
AutoresJanet Rosenbaum (0000-0001-9796-513X, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University), Jonathan Zenilman, Jonathan M Zenilman (0000-0003-0244-6973, Johns Hopkins University), Eve Rose (Emory University), Gina M Wingood (Emory University), Gina Wingood, Ralph J Diclemente (0000-0002-4374-4611, Emory University), Ralph Diclemente
Año2014
Volumen35
Número2
Páginas155-173
Fecha de publicación2014-04-03
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaWomen & Politics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0195-7732 • E-ISSN: 1540-9473
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/1554477x.2014.890836
PMID25221451
PMCIDPMC4159192
OpenAlexW2033718754
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4
Referencias citadas38

Adolescent employment predicts lower educational engagement and achievement and greater engagement with risk behaviors. Most research has studied middle class rather than disadvantaged adolescents. We identified risk and protective behaviors associated with employment using data from a 3-wave, 12-month study of 715 low-socio-economic status female African American adolescents who were ages 15-21 at baseline. Adolescents who were employed at wave 2 (n=214) were matched with adolescents who were not employed at wave 2 (n=422) using nearest-neighbor matching on baseline factors within propensity score calipers on factors including marijuana use, sex while high, pregnancy risk, and socioeconomic status. We compared employed and non-employed teens on risk behaviors including marijuana use, sex while high or drunk, and a biomarker for semen exposure in the past 14 days. Employed teens were 44% as likely to say that their boyfriend is their primary spending money source and 43% as likely to be emotionally abused, but these benefits did not persist after employment ended. Six months after employment, employed respondents reported using marijuana 57% more often and had sex while drunk or high 2.7 times as frequently. Women who were employed at both waves 2 and 3 were 17% as likely to have their boyfriend as a primary source of spending money and 13% more likely to graduate high school, but they used marijuana twice as often, alcohol 1.6 times as often, had 1.6 times as many sexual partners, and had sex while high or drunk 2.3 times as often. Female teens who work may avoid potentially coercive romantic relationships, but they may buy drugs or alcohol with their earnings

Atlanta · Demographic economics · Disadvantaged · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Geography · Metropolitan area · Sociology · Work (physics · Work hours · Employment and Welfare Studies · Engineering · Medicine · Psychology · Youth Development and Social Support · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics