Relationship between Substance Use and Socioeconomic Variables in Pennsylvania Adolescents
2009–2017
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21646477 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Vishal Shah (0000-0001-5913-4618, College of the Sciences and Mathematics, West Chester University of Pennsylvania, West Chester, Pennsylvania, USA, corresponding author), Jacob Watson (Henderson High School, West Chester, Pennsylvania, USA) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 55 |
| Issue | 11 |
| Pages | 1856-1866 |
| Publication date | 2020-08-03 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Substance Use & Misuse (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1082-6084 • E-ISSN: 1532-2491 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10826084.2020.1771594 |
| PMID | 32460582 |
| OpenAlex | W3031690973 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 44 |
Purpose: The goal of the current study is to analyze the substance use trends in Generation Z youth (in both middle and high school environments) and to determine if any correlation exists between substance use behaviors and demographic variables. Methods: Analysis is based on substance use data collected through the Pennsylvania Youth Survey (PAYS) from 2009 to 2017 and the 2016 US census data. Results: Our results suggest that substance use in Gen Z adolescents is mainly linked to alcohol, marijuana, cigarettes, smokeless tobacco, vaping, and narcotic prescription drugs. Alcohol is the most prevalent high-risk substance used by 12th grade students with 69.8% of students having consumed alcohol over their lifetime. Vaping is the next highly used substance with 28.9% of students in 12th grade having vaped 30 day prior to the survey. There is a significant correlation among adolescents between smoking cigarettes and using smokeless tobacco. A student using either alcohol, cigarettes or smokeless tobacco is highly likely to use the other two substances as well. Adolescents from counties with a high Caucasian population were at high risk for cigarette and smokeless tobacco use, while the opposite held true for counties with a high number of foreign-born persons or higher Asian or Hispanic populations. Higher median household incomes and higher adult education levels in a county were both protective factors against smokeless tobacco use. Conclusions: Results of the study suggest that students start experimenting with high-risk substance use in early grades and to combat the prevalence, we suggest the importance of educating adolescents of the dangers of drug use in early grades
Environmental health · Injury prevention · Poison control · Population · Psychiatry · Smokeless tobacco · Snuff · Socioeconomic status · Substance abuse · Substance use · Tobacco use · Youth Risk Behavior Survey · Behavioral Health and Interventions · Demography · Medicine · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet · Youth Development and Social Support
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| Citations per year | 0.6 |
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| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Highly cited | No |