Impaired-driving prevalence among US high school students: Associations with substance use and risky driving behaviors

K. Li, B.G. Simons-Morton and R. Hingson

American Journal of Public Health, 2013, vol. 103, issue 11, e71-e77

Abstract: Objectives. We examined the prevalence of impaired driving among US high school students and associations with substance use and risky driving behavior. Methods. We assessed driving while alcohol or drug impaired (DWI) and riding with alcohol- or drug-impaired drivers (RWI) in a nationally representative sample of 11th-grade US high school students (n = 2431). We examined associations with drinking and binge drinking, illicit drug use, risky driving, and demographic factors using multivariate sequential logistic regression analysis. Results. Thirteen percent of 11th-grade students reported DWI at least 1 of the past 30 days, and 24% reported RWI at least once in the past year. Risky driving was positively associated with DWI (odds ratio [OR] = 1.25; P

Keywords: adolescent; adolescent behavior; binge drinking; car driving; cohort analysis; drinking behavior; ethnology; female; health survey; high risk behavior; human; longitudinal study; male; prevalence; school; sex difference; statistical model; statistics and numerical data; student; Substance-Related Disorders; United States; addiction; article; binge drinking; car driving; drinking behavior; statistics; United States, Adolescent; Adolescent Behavior; Alcohol Drinking; Automobile Driving; Binge Drinking; Cohort Studies; Female; Health Surveys; Humans; Logistic Models; Longitudinal Studies; Male; Prevalence; Risk-Taking; Schools; Sex Factors; Students; Substance-Related Disorders; United States, Adolescent; Adolescent Behavior; Alcohol Drinking; Automobile Driving; Binge Drinking; Cohort Studies; Female; Health Surveys; Humans; Logistic Models; Longitudinal Studies; Male; Prevalence; Risk-Taking; Schools; Sex Factors; Students; Substance-Related Disorders; United States (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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