Youth who neither study nor work: mental health, education and employment Jóvenes que ni estudian ni trabajan: salud mental, educación y empleo
| Title: | Youth who neither study nor work: mental health, education and employment Jóvenes que ni estudian ni trabajan: salud mental, educación y empleo |
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| Authors: | Corina Benjet, Dewi Hernández-Montoya, Guilherme Borges, Enrique Méndez, María Elena Medina-Mora, Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola |
| Source: | Salud Pública de México, Vol 54, Iss 4, Pp 410-417 (2012) |
| Publisher Information: | Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, 2012. |
| Publication Year: | 2012 |
| Collection: | LCC:Public aspects of medicine |
| Subject Terms: | abandono de los estudiantes, empleo, psiquiatría del adolescente, trastornos relacionados con sustancias, suicidio, México, Student dropout, employment, adolescent psychiatry, substance-related disorders, suicide, Mexico, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270 |
| More Details: | OBJECTIVE: Limited educational and job opportunities for youth has led to a phenomenon termed NEET (not in education, employment or training). The objective is to estimate the prevalence of psychiatric disorders, substance use and suicidal behavior in youth classified as NEET and to compare with those who study only, work only or do both. MATERIAL AND METHODS: 3 005 12-to-17 year-olds in Mexico City were evaluated in 2005 with the Composite International Diagnostic Interview. Descriptive and logistic regression analyses considered the multistage weighted sample design. RESULTS: NEET youth as well as those who work only or study and work simultaneously have greater odds of psychiatric disorder, substance use and suicidal behavior compared to those who study exclusively even after controlling for social disadvantage. CONCLUSION: Vulnerability is not circumscribed to NEET adolescents, but to all teens who are not exclusive students. Supporting youth to continue studying exclusively may buffer negative mental health outcomes.OBJETIVO: Oportunidades educativas y laborales limitadas para los jóvenes han dado lugar al fenómeno de adolescentes que no estudian ni trabajan (NINIs). El objetivo es estimar la prevalencia de trastornos psiquiátricos, consumo de sustancias y conducta suicida en adolescentes NINIs y compararlos con adolescentes que estudian exclusivamente, trabajan exclusivamente y quienes estudian y trabajan. MATERIAL Y MÉTODOS: 3 005 adolescentes entre 12 y 17 años de edad fueron evaluados en 2005 con la Entrevista Internacional Psiquiátrica Compuesta en una encuesta multietápica, estraficada y representativa del Distrito Federal y municipios conurbados. RESULTADOS: Los NINIs, quienes trabajan, y quienes estudian y trabajan tienen mayor riesgo de trastornos psiquiátricos, consumo de sustancias y conducta suicida en comparación con aquellos que estudian exclusivamente. CONCLUSIÓN: La vulnerabilidad no se circunscribe a los NINIs sino a todos los que no son estudiantes exclusivamente. Apoyar a los jóvenes para que estudien podría beneficiar su salud mental. |
| Document Type: | article |
| File Description: | electronic resource |
| Language: | English Spanish; Castilian |
| ISSN: | 0036-3634 |
| Relation: | http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-36342012000400011; https://doaj.org/toc/0036-3634 |
| Access URL: | https://doaj.org/article/40bb119be8b84ac3b6ceb2c998b73674 |
| Accession Number: | edsdoj.40bb119be8b84ac3b6ceb2c998b73674 |
| Database: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
| ISSN: | 00363634 |
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| Published in: | Salud Pública de México |
| Language: | English Spanish; Castilian |