More risky for some than others: Negative life events among young risk-takers
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More risky for some than others : Negative life events among young risk-takers . / Andrade, Stefan B.; Järvinen, Margaretha.
In: Health, Risk & Society, Vol. 19, No. 7-8, 2017, p. 387-410.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - More risky for some than others
T2 - Negative life events among young risk-takers
AU - Andrade, Stefan B.
AU - Järvinen, Margaretha
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - In this article, we examine how early risk behaviours are related to subsequent negative life events among young men and women from different socioeconomic backgrounds in Denmark. We draw on data from a survey on 15-year-olds’ drinking, smoking, cannabis use and early sexual debut and administrative register data about negative life events such as not being in education, employment or training (NEET), crime convictions and hospitalisations between ages 16 and 24. We use latent class analysis to divide young people into different risk groups, and individual growth curve models in an intersectional analysis of their transitions into adulthood. We show that for young people from upper middle class families, early risk behaviours are not associated with subsequent negative life events. However, for young people from less privileged backgrounds, early experimentation with alcohol, cigarettes, cannabis and sex is a clear predictor of negative events later in life. The association between early risk behaviours and subsequent negative life events is stronger for young men than for young women.
AB - In this article, we examine how early risk behaviours are related to subsequent negative life events among young men and women from different socioeconomic backgrounds in Denmark. We draw on data from a survey on 15-year-olds’ drinking, smoking, cannabis use and early sexual debut and administrative register data about negative life events such as not being in education, employment or training (NEET), crime convictions and hospitalisations between ages 16 and 24. We use latent class analysis to divide young people into different risk groups, and individual growth curve models in an intersectional analysis of their transitions into adulthood. We show that for young people from upper middle class families, early risk behaviours are not associated with subsequent negative life events. However, for young people from less privileged backgrounds, early experimentation with alcohol, cigarettes, cannabis and sex is a clear predictor of negative events later in life. The association between early risk behaviours and subsequent negative life events is stronger for young men than for young women.
KW - Faculty of Social Sciences
KW - risk
KW - risk behaviours
KW - young people
KW - NEET
KW - negative life events
KW - intersectionality
U2 - 10.1080/13698575.2017.1413172
DO - 10.1080/13698575.2017.1413172
M3 - Journal article
VL - 19
SP - 387
EP - 410
JO - Health, Risk and Society
JF - Health, Risk and Society
SN - 1369-8575
IS - 7-8
ER -
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