title: Health indicators among unemployed and employed young adults.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Research on the prevalence of health indicators by employment status among young US adults is limited.
  
  
  METHODS
  We analyzed data from a nationally representative sample of young adults aged 18 to 24 years to document the prevalence of five health behaviors (cigarette smoking, risky drinking, leisure-time physical activity, and fruit and French fries consumption) by employment status.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Unemployed young adults reported higher levels of risky drinking and nonengagement in leisure-time physical activity, while employed young adults had higher levels of smoking, French fries consumption, and low fruit/vegetable consumption. Transportation/material-moving young adult workers reported the highest level of risky drinking (13.5%), and precision production/craft/repair workers reported the highest smoking rates (39.7%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We found an elevated prevalence of risk factors, which places young workers at increased risk for the development of chronic conditions later in life.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology & Public Health, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33136, USA. acaban@med.miami.edu
authors.forename: Alberto J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Caban-Martinez
authors.forename: David J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Goodman
authors.forename: Evelyn P
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Davila
authors.forename: Lora E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Fleming
authors.forename: William G
authors.initials: WG
authors.lastname: LeBlanc
authors.forename: Kristopher L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Arheart
authors.forename: Kathryn E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: McCollister
authors.forename: Sharon L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Christ
authors.forename: Frederick J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Zimmerman
authors.forename: Carles
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Muntaner
authors.forename: Julie A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Hollenbeck
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004032:Diet; D015444:Exercise; D005260:Female; D005638:Fruit; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology; D014478:Unemployment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014675:Vegetables; D055815:Young Adult