TY - JOUR
T1 - Schooling, employment, and idleness in young adults with serious physical health conditions
T2 - Effects of age, disability status, and parental education
AU - Ireys, Henry T.
AU - Salkever, David S.
AU - Kolodner, Kenneth B.
AU - Bijur, Polly E.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by funds provided through two grants from the Bureau of Maternal and Child Health, DHHS (Research Grant number: MCJ--360578; Training Grant number: MCJ--000106), and a grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (Grant number: 5P50-MH38280) to the Preventive Intervention Research Center for Child Health at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montifiore Medical Center. The Youth Mental Health Services Research Center (NIMH Grant number: 5P50MH50204-03) in the Department of Mental Hygiene of the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health also provided critical support. For their assistance, we thank our colleagues Laurie Bauman, ChuanFa Guo, \]ennifer Lauby, Elizabeth Nelson, Ellen Silver, Ruth Stein, and Lisa Werthamer-Larsson. Many thanks are also due the staff of the CSHCN agencies in Illinois and Ohio--especially to Dr. Robert Biehl, Dr. James Quilty, Ms. Pat Curtis, and Mr. John Paulson--and, most of all, the young persons and the parents who completed the survey.
PY - 1996/7
Y1 - 1996/7
N2 - Purpose: Education, employment, and 'idleness' in young adults with ongoing physical health conditions were examined in relation to parents' education and respondent's age and co-existing disabilities. Methods: Telephone interviews were conducted with 421 individuals aged 20-24 years randomly drawn from public health programs in two midwestern states. In addition to a chronic health condition, 18% of the sample also had mental retardation, 21% also had a physical disability (but no retardation), and 11% also had a learning disability (but no mental retardation or physical disability). Youth were considered 'idle' if they were not in school, not employed, not married, and had no children. Results: Thirty-seven percent of the sample were enrolled in an educational program, and 48% were employed either part-time or full-time. Seventeen percent were both in school and employed, 50% were in school or employed, and 33% were neither in school nor working. Overall, 23% of the sample were idle. Youth with mental retardation were two to three times more likely to be in school compared to youth with a chronic physical condition alone. Youth with mental retardation and physical disabilities were less likely to be employed and more likely to be idle compared to youth with only a chronic condition. Parental education affected rates of schooling and employment. Compared to a general population sample of youth in the same states, youth with ongoing health problems were at higher risk for idleness. Conclusions: Youth with chronic health conditions and either mental retardation or physical disabilities are at higher risk for idleness compared to youth with a chronic condition alone or to youth in general.
AB - Purpose: Education, employment, and 'idleness' in young adults with ongoing physical health conditions were examined in relation to parents' education and respondent's age and co-existing disabilities. Methods: Telephone interviews were conducted with 421 individuals aged 20-24 years randomly drawn from public health programs in two midwestern states. In addition to a chronic health condition, 18% of the sample also had mental retardation, 21% also had a physical disability (but no retardation), and 11% also had a learning disability (but no mental retardation or physical disability). Youth were considered 'idle' if they were not in school, not employed, not married, and had no children. Results: Thirty-seven percent of the sample were enrolled in an educational program, and 48% were employed either part-time or full-time. Seventeen percent were both in school and employed, 50% were in school or employed, and 33% were neither in school nor working. Overall, 23% of the sample were idle. Youth with mental retardation were two to three times more likely to be in school compared to youth with a chronic physical condition alone. Youth with mental retardation and physical disabilities were less likely to be employed and more likely to be idle compared to youth with only a chronic condition. Parental education affected rates of schooling and employment. Compared to a general population sample of youth in the same states, youth with ongoing health problems were at higher risk for idleness. Conclusions: Youth with chronic health conditions and either mental retardation or physical disabilities are at higher risk for idleness compared to youth with a chronic condition alone or to youth in general.
KW - Chronic illnesses
KW - Disabilities
KW - Employment
KW - Schooling
KW - Young adulthood
KW - Youth special needs
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U2 - 10.1016/1054-139X(95)00095-A
DO - 10.1016/1054-139X(95)00095-A
M3 - Article
C2 - 8842857
AN - SCOPUS:0030198656
SN - 1054-139X
VL - 19
SP - 25
EP - 33
JO - Journal of Adolescent Health
JF - Journal of Adolescent Health
IS - 1
ER -