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Zhao L, Li Y, Yu A, Zhang W. Behavioral Characteristics of China's NEET-Prone University Students and Graduates: A Survey from Southwest China. Behav Sci (Basel) 2024; 14:98. [PMID: 38392451 PMCID: PMC10886089 DOI: 10.3390/bs14020098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2023] [Revised: 01/20/2024] [Accepted: 01/26/2024] [Indexed: 02/24/2024] Open
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The NEET phenomenon (not in education, employment or training) has significant implications, both for individuals and society at large. While China's higher education students are particularly susceptible to becoming NEET, relatively little attention has been given to understanding this issue. To address this research gap and contribute to the study of NEET in China, this paper collected a total of 12,616 samples from current higher education students and those who graduated within the past three years from universities in seven provinces of Southwest China, finding that 21.91% of the students surveyed fall into the NEET-prone student category. The underlying factors contributing to NEET-prone status are identified through logit regression analysis and categorized into three levels: individual, family, and society. At the individual level, factors such as personal ability, confidence in job-hunting, and attitude towards NEET significantly influence a student's likelihood of being NEET-prone. Family-level factors include being an only child, consumption level, economic dependence on family members, and the presence of NEET relatives. And social-level factors encompass school provision (or non-provision) of employment services, the number of employment services offered, and the possibility of obtaining loans from society. Finally, this paper concludes by offering recommendations, which are drawn from individual, family, and social perspectives, to help Chinese higher education students avoid NEET status.
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- Lu Zhao
- School of Marxism, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
- Youth League Committee, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
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- Youth League Committee, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
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- School of Economics, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
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- School of Public Administration, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
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Hiilamo A, Keski-Säntti M, Pirkola S, Lallukka T, Kääriälä A. Psychiatric and neurodevelopmental diagnoses in adolescence and adulthood over-indebtedness among Finns born in 1987. Eur J Public Health 2022; 32:858-863. [PMID: 36215664 DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckac126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Adolescence psychiatric and neurodevelopmental diagnoses are common but their link to adulthood over-indebtedness is unknown. This study aims to determine this relationship and explores the possible mediating role of upper secondary education completion. METHODS We analyzed the 1987 Finnish Birth Cohort, which consisted of a complete census of children born in Finland in 1987 and registered in the Medical Birth Register (n = 53 743). Records of debt payment defaults, at the age of 33, were used as a measure of over-indebtedness. Adolescent psychiatric and neurodevelopmental diagnoses at ages 13-17 were derived from the national hospital discharge register. Inverse probability treatment weighting was used to investigate the role of pre-exposure variables in this relationship, and the mediating role of upper secondary education completion. RESULTS Compared to unexposed individuals, those affected by an adolescent psychiatric or neurodevelopmental diagnosis had a 15 percentage points higher prevalence of over-indebtedness in adulthood. This association was more common for males and was additionally notably strong for suicidality and conduct and oppositional disorders. Controlling for measured potential confounding factors, the diagnoses were linked to a 11-percentage point (95% confidence interval 9-12) higher risk of over-indebtedness. Completing at least upper secondary education reduced this effect by some 39%. CONCLUSION People with psychiatric and neurodevelopmental disorders diagnosed in adolescence are at elevated risk of over-indebtedness in adulthood. Recognizing this high risk may help in efforts to prevent further debt problems. Better education may serve as a protective factor against over-indebtedness and perhaps similar other behavioural consequences.
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- Aapo Hiilamo
- Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.,Itla Children's Foundation, Helsinki, Finland.,Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Helsinki, Finland
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- Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University and Pirkanmaa Hospital District, Department of Psychiatry, Tampere, Finland
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- Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Helsinki, Finland.,Research Centre for Child Psychiatry and INVEST Research Flagship, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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Lallukka T, Shiri R, Pietiläinen O, Kausto J, Sumanen H, Halonen JI, Lahelma E, Rahkonen O, Mänty M, Kouvonen A. Timing of Entry into Paid Employment, Adverse Physical Work Exposures and Health: The Young Helsinki Health Study. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2020; 17:ijerph17217854. [PMID: 33120885 PMCID: PMC7662500 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17217854] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2020] [Revised: 10/12/2020] [Accepted: 10/23/2020] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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It is not well known how the timing of entry into paid employment and physical work exposures contribute to different health outcomes in young employees. Thus, we determined the associations of age at entry into paid employment and physical work exposures with general and mental health in young employees and determined whether associations differ by behavior-related risk factors. Data were collected via online and mailed surveys in autumn 2017 from employees of the City of Helsinki aged 18–39 years (n = 5897; 4630 women and 1267 men, response rate 51.5%). Surveys comprised measures of age at entry into paid employment, seven working conditions, behavior-related risk factors and health outcomes (self-rated health [SRH] and common mental disorders [CMD] as generic indicators of physical and mental health). Logistic regression analysis was used. After full adjustment, age at entry was not associated with the health outcomes; however, in additional analyses, younger age at first employment was associated with smoking and obesity (OR 3.00, 95% CI 2.34–3.85 and 1.67, 95% CI 1.32–2.11 for those started working at age of ≤18 years, respectively). Of the working conditions, sitting and standing were positively associated with poor SRH and CMD and uncomfortable working postures with CMD. Working conditions were broadly similarly associated with health outcomes among those with and without behavior-related risk factors. Although we found little support for modification by behavior-related risk factors, overweight, obesity and smoking were associated with poor SRH and binge drinking and smoking with CMD. Additionally, moderate and high levels of leisure-time physical activity were inversely associated with poor SRH. In conclusion, early entry into paid employment appears not to associate to immediate poorer health in young employees, although it was associated with smoking and obesity even after full adjustment. Exposure to physically heavy work and uncomfortable working postures may increase the risk of adverse health outcomes.
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- Tea Lallukka
- Department of Public Health, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 20, 00014 Helsinki, Finland; (O.P.); (H.S.); (E.L.); (O.R.); (M.M.)
- Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, P.O. Box 18, 00032 Helsinki, Finland; (R.S.); (J.K.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +358-505-704-399
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- Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, P.O. Box 18, 00032 Helsinki, Finland; (R.S.); (J.K.)
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- Department of Public Health, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 20, 00014 Helsinki, Finland; (O.P.); (H.S.); (E.L.); (O.R.); (M.M.)
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- Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, P.O. Box 18, 00032 Helsinki, Finland; (R.S.); (J.K.)
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- Department of Public Health, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 20, 00014 Helsinki, Finland; (O.P.); (H.S.); (E.L.); (O.R.); (M.M.)
- Department of Health Care and Emergency Care, South Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences, 48220 Kotka, Finland
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- Department of Health Security, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, P.O. Box 30, 00271 Helsinki, Finland;
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- Department of Public Health, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 20, 00014 Helsinki, Finland; (O.P.); (H.S.); (E.L.); (O.R.); (M.M.)
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- Department of Public Health, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 20, 00014 Helsinki, Finland; (O.P.); (H.S.); (E.L.); (O.R.); (M.M.)
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- Department of Public Health, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 20, 00014 Helsinki, Finland; (O.P.); (H.S.); (E.L.); (O.R.); (M.M.)
- Department of Strategy and Research, City of Vantaa, 01030 Vantaa, Finland
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- Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland;
- Research Institute of Psychology, SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities, 53-238 Wroclaw, Poland
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