Substance Use and Employment Among Youths Aged 15 to 17

This brief examines the results of a national survey that asked persons aged 15 or older about their employment status during the past week and, if they were employed, the number of hours they worked. The survey also asked persons aged 12 or older questions related to their past month use of alcohol and illicit drugs. It presents findings on whether youths aged 15 to 17 were employed either part or full time during the past week; if employed youths were more likely than youths who were not employed to have used alcohol, to have engaged in binge alcohol use, and to have used an illicit drug during the past month.