Economic Circumstances in Childhood and Subsequent Substance Use in Adolescence – A Latent Class Analysis: The youth@hordaland Study
The aim of the present study was to investigate the association between longitudinal registry-based data on family income during childhood and self-reported substance use in adolescence, including potential alcohol- or drug problems. Data from the Norwegian population-based youth@hordaland-survey wa...
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| author | Jens Christoffer Skogen Jens Christoffer Skogen Børge Sivertsen Børge Sivertsen Børge Sivertsen Mari Hysing Mari Hysing Ove Heradstveit Ove Heradstveit Tormod Bøe Tormod Bøe |
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| description | The aim of the present study was to investigate the association between longitudinal registry-based data on family income during childhood and self-reported substance use in adolescence, including potential alcohol- or drug problems. Data from the Norwegian population-based youth@hordaland-survey was employed, and the analyzed included n = 8,983 adolescents aged 16–19 years. This information was linked to registry-based information about childhood family income for seven consecutive years prior to adolescents’ participation in the youth@hordaland-survey. Latent class analyses (LCA) were used to examine associations between patterns of family economic circumstances in childhood and subsequent substance use in adolescence. Based on the LCA, we identified four distinct patterns of family economic circumstances: a ‘never poor’ (89.3%) group, followed by two groups characterized by moving in (3.0%) or out (4.6%) of poverty, and a final ‘chronically poor’ (3.1%) group. Several findings were of interest: the chronically poor reported less daily snus use, fewer had tried alcohol, were less likely to report frequent intoxication, and less prone to have potential alcohol- or drug-related problems compared to all other groups. They were also less likely to have tried any illicit drug compared to those moving in or out of poverty. Finally, the chronically poor reported more daily smoking than the never poor group, but less daily smoking than the moving out of poverty group. The never poor group was less likely to have tried any illicit drugs compared to the groups moving into or out of poverty, and less likely to smoke daily compared to the moving out of poverty group. In other words, the present study somewhat surprisingly suggested lower substance use among the chronically poor adolescents compared to other adolescents on several of the measures of substance use. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8afdd0e62aaa4adaa43ea0d06715b2802022-12-21T19:05:51ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782019-05-011010.3389/fpsyg.2019.01115425655Economic Circumstances in Childhood and Subsequent Substance Use in Adolescence – A Latent Class Analysis: The youth@hordaland StudyJens Christoffer Skogen0Jens Christoffer Skogen1Børge Sivertsen2Børge Sivertsen3Børge Sivertsen4Mari Hysing5Mari Hysing6Ove Heradstveit7Ove Heradstveit8Tormod Bøe9Tormod Bøe10Centre for Alcohol and Drug Research, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, NorwayDepartment of Health Promotion, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Bergen, NorwayDepartment of Health Promotion, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Bergen, NorwayDepartment of Research and Innovation, Helse Fonna HF, Haugesund, NorwayDepartment of Mental Health, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, NorwayRegional Centre for Child and Youth Mental Health and Child Welfare, NORCE Norwegian Research Centre, Bergen, NorwayDepartment of Psychosocial Science, Faculty of Psychology, University of Bergen, Bergen, NorwayCentre for Alcohol and Drug Research, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, NorwayRegional Centre for Child and Youth Mental Health and Child Welfare, NORCE Norwegian Research Centre, Bergen, NorwayRegional Centre for Child and Youth Mental Health and Child Welfare, NORCE Norwegian Research Centre, Bergen, NorwayDepartment of Psychosocial Science, Faculty of Psychology, University of Bergen, Bergen, NorwayThe aim of the present study was to investigate the association between longitudinal registry-based data on family income during childhood and self-reported substance use in adolescence, including potential alcohol- or drug problems. Data from the Norwegian population-based youth@hordaland-survey was employed, and the analyzed included n = 8,983 adolescents aged 16–19 years. This information was linked to registry-based information about childhood family income for seven consecutive years prior to adolescents’ participation in the youth@hordaland-survey. Latent class analyses (LCA) were used to examine associations between patterns of family economic circumstances in childhood and subsequent substance use in adolescence. Based on the LCA, we identified four distinct patterns of family economic circumstances: a ‘never poor’ (89.3%) group, followed by two groups characterized by moving in (3.0%) or out (4.6%) of poverty, and a final ‘chronically poor’ (3.1%) group. Several findings were of interest: the chronically poor reported less daily snus use, fewer had tried alcohol, were less likely to report frequent intoxication, and less prone to have potential alcohol- or drug-related problems compared to all other groups. They were also less likely to have tried any illicit drug compared to those moving in or out of poverty. Finally, the chronically poor reported more daily smoking than the never poor group, but less daily smoking than the moving out of poverty group. The never poor group was less likely to have tried any illicit drugs compared to the groups moving into or out of poverty, and less likely to smoke daily compared to the moving out of poverty group. In other words, the present study somewhat surprisingly suggested lower substance use among the chronically poor adolescents compared to other adolescents on several of the measures of substance use.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01115/fulleconomic circumstanceseconomic volatilityadolescencesubstance usealcohol userelative poverty |
| spellingShingle | Jens Christoffer Skogen Jens Christoffer Skogen Børge Sivertsen Børge Sivertsen Børge Sivertsen Mari Hysing Mari Hysing Ove Heradstveit Ove Heradstveit Tormod Bøe Tormod Bøe Economic Circumstances in Childhood and Subsequent Substance Use in Adolescence – A Latent Class Analysis: The youth@hordaland Study Frontiers in Psychology economic circumstances economic volatility adolescence substance use alcohol use relative poverty |
| title | Economic Circumstances in Childhood and Subsequent Substance Use in Adolescence – A Latent Class Analysis: The youth@hordaland Study |
| title_full | Economic Circumstances in Childhood and Subsequent Substance Use in Adolescence – A Latent Class Analysis: The youth@hordaland Study |
| title_fullStr | Economic Circumstances in Childhood and Subsequent Substance Use in Adolescence – A Latent Class Analysis: The youth@hordaland Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Economic Circumstances in Childhood and Subsequent Substance Use in Adolescence – A Latent Class Analysis: The youth@hordaland Study |
| title_short | Economic Circumstances in Childhood and Subsequent Substance Use in Adolescence – A Latent Class Analysis: The youth@hordaland Study |
| title_sort | economic circumstances in childhood and subsequent substance use in adolescence a latent class analysis the youth hordaland study |
| topic | economic circumstances economic volatility adolescence substance use alcohol use relative poverty |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01115/full |
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