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Vivi Just-Noerregaard
Hospitalsenheden Vest
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ORCiD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3959-2133
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Background: Attainment to education and employment is essential for young people to develop the skills needed to participate in society and maintain a stable connection to the labour market in adult life. This study examined associations between societal engagement, measured by leisure time activities (LTA) and part-time work (PTW), in mid (14/15 years) and late (17/18 years) adolescence and a positive connection to education and employment in early adulthood, accounting for potential gender and socioeconomic differences.
Method: A cohort of young people born in 1989 was followed in a prospective study with questionnaires in 2004 (n=3,054) and 2007 (n=2,400) where information on LTA and PTW was collected. Information on connection to education and employment was collected from a register of social benefits when they were 25-29 years old and divided into high and low societal connection. The associations were examined using logistic regression and stratified by gender and childhood socioeconomic groups.
Results: PTW was, both in mid and late adolescence, positively associated with societal connection (OR: 1.7 [95% CI 1.3; 2.2] and 1.9 [1.4;2.6]). LTA in mid adolescence was associated with societal connection (OR:1.6 [1.2;2.1]). Among the males LTA and PTW showed strongest associations with societal connection in mid adolescence (ORs up to 2.2), whereas the associations for females seemed strongest in late adolescence (ORs up to 2.8).
Conclusion: The study showed that adolescent societal engagement had notable positive associations with connection to later education and employment, with stronger impact of PTW compared to LTA. The study identified differences between genders and the timing of engagement. Associations were consistent across socioeconomic groups.
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adolescent work, leisure activities, educational status, employment, young adults, gender difference, socioeconomic position, adolescent development
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Vivi Just-Noerregaard
Hospitalsenheden Vest
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Background: Attainment to education and employment is essential for young people to develop the skills needed to participate in society and maintain a stable connection to the labour market in adult life. This study examined associations between societal engagement, measured by leisure time activities (LTA) and part-time work (PTW), in mid (14/15 years) and late (17/18 years) adolescence and a positive connection to education and employment in early adulthood, accounting for potential gender and socioeconomic differences.
Method: A cohort of young people born in 1989 was followed in a prospective study with questionnaires in 2004 (n=3,054) and 2007 (n=2,400) where information on LTA and PTW was collected. Information on connection to education and employment was collected from a register of social benefits when they were 25-29 years old and divided into high and low societal connection. The associations were examined using logistic regression and stratified by gender and childhood socioeconomic groups.
Results: PTW was, both in mid and late adolescence, positively associated with societal connection (OR: 1.7 [95% CI 1.3; 2.2] and 1.9 [1.4;2.6]). LTA in mid adolescence was associated with societal connection (OR:1.6 [1.2;2.1]). Among the males LTA and PTW showed strongest associations with societal connection in mid adolescence (ORs up to 2.2), whereas the associations for females seemed strongest in late adolescence (ORs up to 2.8).
Conclusion: The study showed that adolescent societal engagement had notable positive associations with connection to later education and employment, with stronger impact of PTW compared to LTA. The study identified differences between genders and the timing of engagement. Associations were consistent across socioeconomic groups.
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