Brief report: Disposable income, and spending on fast food, alcohol, cigarettes, and gambling by New Zealand secondary school students.

Full Abstract

We describe self-reported sources of income and expenditure, and the association between part-time employment and spending on fast food, alcohol, cigarettes, and gambling for a sample of 3434 New Zealand (NZ) secondary school students (mean age 15.0 years). Disposable income was usually received from parents and guardians, but nearly 40% of students also reported receiving money from part-time employment. The proportion of students employed increased as socioeconomic rating increased, and was associated with increased purchasing of fast food and alcohol, and increased spending on cigarettes and gambling. Spending by youth has obvious public health implications, particularly when it is concentrated on products that have a negative health impact.

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Author information

Author/s: Darling, Helen (H); Reeder, Anthony I (AI); McGee, Rob (R); Williams, Sheila (S);

Affiliation: Social and Behavioural Research in Cancer Group, Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, University of Otago, PO Box 913, Dunedin, New Zealand. helen.darling(-atsign-)stonebow.otago.ac.nz

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Journal: Journal of adolescence (J Adolesc), published in England. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2006-Oct; vol 29 (issue 5) : pp 837-43

Dates: Created 2006/09/06; Completed 2007/01/04;

PMID: 16860384, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 12/26/2008)

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MeSH headings (categories)

This article was linked to the MESH Headings shown below.

Adolescent
Alcohol Drinking - economics; epidemiology
Employment - economics; statistics & numerical data
Female
Food - economics
Food Habits
Gambling
Health Status
Humans

Income
Life Style
Male
New Zealand - epidemiology
Questionnaires
Schools
Socioeconomic Factors
Students - statistics & numerical data
Tobacco Use Disorder - economics; epidemiology

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