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ArticleThe Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine2022

Is Delayed Driving Licensure Associated With Emerging Adult Health, Education, and Employment?

Xiang Gao, Federico E Vaca, Denise L Haynie, Bruce G Simons-Morton, Kaigang Li

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Article in The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Xiang GaoDepartment of Health & Exercise Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado. Electronic address: Xiang.Gao2@colostate.edu.
Federico E VacaDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut; Yale Developmental Neurocognitive Driving Simulation Research Center (DrivSim Lab), New Haven, Connecticut.
Denise L HaynieDivision of Intramural Population Health Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development, Bethesda, Maryland.
Bruce G Simons-MortonDivision of Intramural Population Health Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development, Bethesda, Maryland.
Kaigang LiDepartment of Health & Exercise Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado; Department of Emergency Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut; Yale Developmental Neurocognitive Driving Simulation Research Center (DrivSim Lab), New Haven, Connecticut; Colorado School of Public Health, Fort Collins, Colorado.

Funding

Trajectory Outcomes of Teens that Ride with Impaired Drivers & Drive ImpairedR01AA026313 · NIAAA · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI VACA, FEDERICO E · 2018 to 2022
$2.8M
Delaying Licensure: Latino Teens Riding with Impaired Drivers and Impaired DrivingR21AA026346 · NIAAA · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI ROMANO, EDUARDO O, VACA, FEDERICO E · 2018 to 2019
$479k
NIAAA NIH HHS R01 AA026313NIAAA NIH HHS R21 AA026346NICHD NIH HHS HHSN275201200001CNICHD NIH HHS HHSN275201200001I
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Abstract

purposeDriving licensure remains a major developmental milestone for adolescents as they become more independent to access important health, education, and employment opportunities. Today, more teens are delaying driving licensure than before. We investigated associations of delayed licensure with health, education, and employment 4 years after high school.

methodsWe analyzed data from all seven annual assessments (W1-W7) of the NEXT Generation Health Study, a nationally representative cohort survey starting at 10th grade (W1, 2009-2010). The independent variable was delaying driving licensure (DDL [delaying ≥1 year] vs. No-DDL), defined as participants receiving driver licensure ≥1 year after the initial legal eligibility time until W7. Outcome variables were self-reported health, education, and employment at W7. Covariates included sex, race/ethnicity, family affluence, parental education, and urbanicity. Multinomial logistic regressions were conducted considering complex survey features.

resultsNo-DDL versus DDL was associated with a higher likelihood of (1) excellent (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] = 2.06, p < .001), good (AOR = 1.74, p < .001), and fair (AOR = 1.34, p = .008) health compared with poor health; (2) completing a 4-year college or graduate school [AOR = 2.71, p < .001] and tech/community college [AOR = 1.92, p = .004] compared with high school or less; and (3) working ≥30 hours/week (AOR = 7.63, p = .011) and working <30 hours/week (AOR = 1.54, p = .016) compared with not working. DISCUSSION: Among emerging adults, no delay in driving licensure was associated with better self-reported health, higher education, and more working hours four years after leaving high school. Although earlier driving licensure increases driving exposure and risk, avoiding DDL appears to provide advantages for health, education, and employment during early adulthood.

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Automobile DrivingAdolescentAdultEducational StatusEmploymentHumansLicensureSchoolsDelayed driving licensureEducationEmerging adultsEmploymentHealth

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PMID35260285
PMCPMC9038702

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