Parallel latent trajectories of mental health and employment earnings among 16- to 20-year-olds entering the US labor force: A 20-year longitudinal study
Introduction Depression and anxiety-related mental health and employment earnings are complexly intertwined but have rarely been studied as parallel processes. Objectives Determine the number of latent parallel trajectories of mental health and employment earnings over two decades among a cohort o...
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Introduction
Depression and anxiety-related mental health and employment earnings are complexly intertwined but have rarely been studied as parallel processes.
Objectives
Determine the number of latent parallel trajectories of mental health and employment earnings over two decades among a cohort of American youth entering the labor force, and estimate the association between baseline sociodemographic/health factors and latent trajectory class membership.
Methods
This study included 8,173 participants from the American National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997, who were 13–17 years old in 1997. The survey occurred annually until 2011 then biennially until 2017. Mental health was measured eight times using the Mental Health Inventory-5 between 2000–2017. Employment earnings were measured annually between 1998–2017, where participants were 33–37 years old. Latent parallel trajectories were estimated using latent growth modeling. The association between baseline predictors and trajectory membership was explored using multinomial logistic regression.
Results
Four latent trajectory classes were identified: good mental health, high earnings (3% of sample, average 2017 earnings ˜$196,000 USD); good mental health, medium earnings (23%, average 2017 earnings ˜$78,100); good mental health, low earnings (50%, average 2017 earnings ˜$39,500); and poor mental, low earnings (24%, average 2017 earnings ˜$32,000). Multinomial models revealed participants who were younger, female, Black, Hispanic, who had lower socioeconomic status, and had used marijuana at baseline had higher odds of belonging to the poor mental health, low earnings class.
Conclusions
Findings highlight the stagnated, parallel course of poor mental health and earnings, and the influence of gender, race, adolescent socioeconomic status, and health behaviors on these trajectories.
Disclosure
No significant relationships.
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| spelling | doaj.art-e06fbed79f1e4aa5b7dceb50d1e8246b2023-11-17T05:06:04ZengCambridge University PressEuropean Psychiatry0924-93381778-35852022-06-0165S340S34010.1192/j.eurpsy.2022.865Parallel latent trajectories of mental health and employment earnings among 16- to 20-year-olds entering the US labor force: A 20-year longitudinal studyK. Dobson0S. Vigod1C. Mustard2P. Smith3University of Toronto, Division Of Epidemiology, Dalla Lana School Of Public Health, Toronto, Canada Institute for Work & Health, Research, Toronto, CanadaUniversity of Toronto, Department Of Psychiatry, Toronto, Canada Women’s College Hospital and Research Institute, Department Of Psychiatry, Toronto, CanadaUniversity of Toronto, Division Of Epidemiology, Dalla Lana School Of Public Health, Toronto, Canada Institute for Work & Health, Research, Toronto, CanadaUniversity of Toronto, Division Of Epidemiology, Dalla Lana School Of Public Health, Toronto, Canada Institute for Work & Health, Research, Toronto, Canada Introduction Depression and anxiety-related mental health and employment earnings are complexly intertwined but have rarely been studied as parallel processes. Objectives Determine the number of latent parallel trajectories of mental health and employment earnings over two decades among a cohort of American youth entering the labor force, and estimate the association between baseline sociodemographic/health factors and latent trajectory class membership. Methods This study included 8,173 participants from the American National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997, who were 13–17 years old in 1997. The survey occurred annually until 2011 then biennially until 2017. Mental health was measured eight times using the Mental Health Inventory-5 between 2000–2017. Employment earnings were measured annually between 1998–2017, where participants were 33–37 years old. Latent parallel trajectories were estimated using latent growth modeling. The association between baseline predictors and trajectory membership was explored using multinomial logistic regression. Results Four latent trajectory classes were identified: good mental health, high earnings (3% of sample, average 2017 earnings ˜$196,000 USD); good mental health, medium earnings (23%, average 2017 earnings ˜$78,100); good mental health, low earnings (50%, average 2017 earnings ˜$39,500); and poor mental, low earnings (24%, average 2017 earnings ˜$32,000). Multinomial models revealed participants who were younger, female, Black, Hispanic, who had lower socioeconomic status, and had used marijuana at baseline had higher odds of belonging to the poor mental health, low earnings class. Conclusions Findings highlight the stagnated, parallel course of poor mental health and earnings, and the influence of gender, race, adolescent socioeconomic status, and health behaviors on these trajectories. Disclosure No significant relationships. https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0924933822008653/type/journal_articleMHI-5latent parallel trajectory analysisDepressionAnxietyPsychological Distressemployment earnings |
| spellingShingle | K. Dobson S. Vigod C. Mustard P. Smith Parallel latent trajectories of mental health and employment earnings among 16- to 20-year-olds entering the US labor force: A 20-year longitudinal study European Psychiatry MHI-5 latent parallel trajectory analysis Depression Anxiety Psychological Distress employment earnings |
| title | Parallel latent trajectories of mental health and employment earnings among 16- to 20-year-olds entering the US labor force: A 20-year longitudinal study |
| title_full | Parallel latent trajectories of mental health and employment earnings among 16- to 20-year-olds entering the US labor force: A 20-year longitudinal study |
| title_fullStr | Parallel latent trajectories of mental health and employment earnings among 16- to 20-year-olds entering the US labor force: A 20-year longitudinal study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Parallel latent trajectories of mental health and employment earnings among 16- to 20-year-olds entering the US labor force: A 20-year longitudinal study |
| title_short | Parallel latent trajectories of mental health and employment earnings among 16- to 20-year-olds entering the US labor force: A 20-year longitudinal study |
| title_sort | parallel latent trajectories of mental health and employment earnings among 16 to 20 year olds entering the us labor force a 20 year longitudinal study |
| topic | MHI-5 latent parallel trajectory analysis Depression Anxiety Psychological Distress employment earnings |
| url | https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0924933822008653/type/journal_article |
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