TY - JOUR
T1 - Socioeconomic status and health behaviors in adolescence
T2 - A review of the literature
AU - Hanson, Margaret D.
AU - Chen, Edith
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgments Support for this manuscript was provided by the Human Early Learning Partnership, the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research, and NIH grant HL073975.
PY - 2007/6
Y1 - 2007/6
N2 - Objective: The goal of this review was to determine the direction of associations between SES and health behaviors during the period of adolescence. Method: We searched the PsychInfo and Pubmed databases for studies that measured the association between SES and cigarette smoking, alcohol consumption, marijuana use, diet, and physical activity in adolescents between 10- and 21-years old. Results: Associations between SES and health behaviors conformed to two patterns. First, low SES was associated with poorer diets, less physical activity, and greater cigarette smoking. Second, there was no clear pattern of associations between SES and alcohol consumption or marijuana use. Conclusion: Results from this review indicate that, although some associations between SES and health behaviors exist during adolescence, the associations are not as robust as those in adulthood. Efforts to curb poor diet, inactivity, and smoking behaviors should target low SES adolescents, whereas efforts to curb teen drinking and marijuana use may be useful across the SES spectrum.
AB - Objective: The goal of this review was to determine the direction of associations between SES and health behaviors during the period of adolescence. Method: We searched the PsychInfo and Pubmed databases for studies that measured the association between SES and cigarette smoking, alcohol consumption, marijuana use, diet, and physical activity in adolescents between 10- and 21-years old. Results: Associations between SES and health behaviors conformed to two patterns. First, low SES was associated with poorer diets, less physical activity, and greater cigarette smoking. Second, there was no clear pattern of associations between SES and alcohol consumption or marijuana use. Conclusion: Results from this review indicate that, although some associations between SES and health behaviors exist during adolescence, the associations are not as robust as those in adulthood. Efforts to curb poor diet, inactivity, and smoking behaviors should target low SES adolescents, whereas efforts to curb teen drinking and marijuana use may be useful across the SES spectrum.
KW - Adolescence
KW - Health behaviors
KW - Health outcomes
KW - Socioeconomic status
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U2 - 10.1007/s10865-007-9098-3
DO - 10.1007/s10865-007-9098-3
M3 - Review article
C2 - 17514418
AN - SCOPUS:34250665828
VL - 30
SP - 263
EP - 285
JO - Journal of Behavioral Medicine
JF - Journal of Behavioral Medicine
SN - 0160-7715
IS - 3
ER -