title: Brief report: Disposable income, and spending on fast food, alcohol, cigarettes, and gambling by New Zealand secondary school students.
abstract: We describe self-reported sources of income and expenditure, and the association between part-time employment and spending on fast food, alcohol, cigarettes, and gambling for a sample of 3434 New Zealand (NZ) secondary school students (mean age 15.0 years). Disposable income was usually received from parents and guardians, but nearly 40% of students also reported receiving money from part-time employment. The proportion of students employed increased as socioeconomic rating increased, and was associated with increased purchasing of fast food and alcohol, and increased spending on cigarettes and gambling. Spending by youth has obvious public health implications, particularly when it is concentrated on products that have a negative health impact.
authors.affiliation: Social and Behavioural Research in Cancer Group, Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, University of Otago, PO Box 913, Dunedin, New Zealand. helen.darling@stonebow.otago.ac.nz
authors.forename: Helen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Darling
authors.forename: Anthony I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Reeder
authors.forename: Rob
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: McGee
authors.forename: Sheila
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Williams
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000191:economics* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004651:Employment / Q000191:economics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D005502:Food / Q000191:economics*; D005715:Gambling; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D009520:New Zealand / Q000453:epidemiology; D012574:Schools; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013334:Students / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014029:Tobacco Use Disorder / Q000191:economics* / Q000453:epidemiology*