Chen Chuan-Yu, Chen Wen-Chun, Lew-Ting Chih-Yin, Lee Ching-Mei, Yen Cheng-Fang, Chen Duan-Rung, Hsiao Chuhsing Kate, Lin Chaucer C H, Yang Ming-Jen, Lai Te-Jen, Chen Wei J
Division of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Research, National Health Research Institutes, Taipei, Taiwan.
Drug Alcohol Depend. 2006 Oct 1;84(3):273-80. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2006.03.003. Epub 2006 Apr 5.
The aim of this study is to assess the association linking employment experience with alcohol, tobacco, and betel nut involvement among youth in Taiwan. In 2004, an outreach program was conducted during weekdays to recruit youth sample in seven major geographic regions. A total of 5886 youth aged 12-18 years drawn from 26 cities or towns were assessed by a two-page anonymous self-administered questionnaire, including sociodemographic characteristics, employment-, development-, and drug-related experiences. In Taiwan, youthful experience of alcohol, tobacco, and polydrug use varies by employment status, work intensity, and job type. Holding a full-time job and working in certain settings (e.g., grocery, restaurants) were found associated with an excess of drug-using behaviors. With taking age, male gender, family context, disposable allowance, and school attendance into account, working youths were two to four times as likely to have recent drug involvement than their non-working counterparts, especially for tobacco and polydrug (OR=3.32, 95% CI: 2.58-4.27, p<0.001; OR=3.76, 95% CI: 2.76-5.13, p<0.001). Youths in the labor force emerge as a subgroup experiencing greater use of alcohol, tobacco, betel nut, and polydrug. Future prevention programs may target this high-risk group to reduce possible drug-related negative consequences in developmental and health domains in Taiwan.
本研究旨在评估台湾青少年的就业经历与酒精、烟草和槟榔使用之间的关联。2004年，在工作日开展了一项外展项目，以招募来自七个主要地理区域的青少年样本。通过一份两页的匿名自填问卷，对从26个城镇抽取的5886名12至18岁的青少年进行了评估，问卷内容包括社会人口学特征、与就业、发育和药物相关的经历。在台湾，青少年酒精、烟草和多种药物使用的经历因就业状况、工作强度和工作类型而异。研究发现，从事全职工作以及在某些场所（如杂货店、餐馆）工作与更多的吸毒行为有关。在考虑年龄、男性性别、家庭背景、可支配津贴和上学情况后，有工作的青少年近期吸毒的可能性是非工作青少年的两到四倍，尤其是在烟草和多种药物使用方面（比值比=3.32，95%置信区间：2.58-4.27，p<0.001；比值比=3.76，95%置信区间：2.76-5.13，p<0.001）。劳动力中的青少年成为一个使用酒精、烟草、槟榔和多种药物更多的亚群体。未来的预防项目可能以这个高危群体为目标，以减少台湾青少年在发育和健康领域可能出现的与药物相关的负面后果。
