Association between childhood and adolescent television viewing and unemployment in adulthood

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 168-173

  Landhuis, C Erik ^a   Perry, David K ^b   Hancox, Robert J ^c  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Child; Cohort studies; Television; Workforce

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILDHOOD; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL STATUS; TELEVISION VIEWING; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; ODDS RATIO; PSYCHOMETRICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TELEVISION; UNEMPLOYMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856554587     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2011.11.007     Document Type: Article

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