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Volume 4
Journal of Pediatric Care
ISSN: 2471-805X
Page 67
JOINT EVENT
August 06-07, 2018 Madrid, Spain
&
2
nd
Edition of International Conference on
Adolescent Health & Medicine
18
th
International Conference on
Pediatrics Health
Pediatrics Health 2018
&
Adolescent Health 2018
August 06-07, 2018
Too little or too much? A short-term longitudinal study of youth’s own economic resources and risk
behaviours
Stephanie Plenty
Institute for Futures Studies, Sweden
T
his study examined socioeconomic differences in risk behaviours according to youth-oriented measures of economic
resources. Using a representative sample of Swedish adolescents (n=3,801, 50% females), the associations that two aspects
of youth’s own economy shared with smoking, drinking and conduct problems were examined. Data was based on population
register and self-report information when participants were in grades 8 (T1 aged 14-15) and 9 (T2 aged 15-16). Missing
activities due to financial constraints and having a cash margin were each associated with concurrent risk behaviours. Missing
activities predicted a greater likelihood of conduct problems and having a cash margin predicted an increased likelihood
of drinking one-year later. The effects of family income and education were not mediated by missing activities or having a
cash margin. The results demonstrate that youth-oriented conceptualisations of economic resources identify gradients in risk
behaviours that are distinct from family socioeconomic status. In addition, youth’s experiences of relative versus absolute
economic resources have different implications for drinking, smoking and conduct problems.
stephanie.plenty@iffs.seJ Pediatr Care 2018, Volume 4
DOI: 10.21767/2471-805X-C3-012