Table 3 Health behaviours and outcomes of 16–24 year old men overall and by education/employment status
| Â | MEN | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  | All young men(16–24) | NEETs | Workers | Students | ||||
Denominators (unwt, wt) | 1729, 1238 | 270, 189 | 605, 442 | 853, 607 | ||||
| Â | Â | Â | Age-standardised estimates: | |||||
Health behaviours | ||||||||
% (95%CI) current smoker | 32.2% | [29.6–34.8%] | 58.2% | [51.5–64.6%] | 33.9% | [29.7–38.3%] | 27.3% | [22.1–33.2%] |
AOR (95% CI), comparing: | ||||||||
 NEETs with workers (ref) |  |  | 2.79 | (2.02–3.85) |  |  |  |  |
 NEETs with students (ref) |  |  | 3.67 | (2.54–5.28) |  |  |  |  |
 NEETs with workers and students (combined, ref) |  |  | 3.48 | (2.58–4.69) |  |  |  |  |
Average alcohol consumption per week | ||||||||
% (95% CI:) | ||||||||
 None | 24.2% | [21.9–26.6%] | 24.7% | [19.4–30.7%] | 17.5% | [14.1–21.6%] | 24.5% | [19.8–29.9%] |
 Not more than recommended | 70.5% | [67.9–73.0%] | 67.6% | [61.2–73.4%] | 76.8% | [72.5–80.7%] | 70.7% | [65.1–75.7%] |
 More than recommended | 5.3% | [4.2–6.6%] | 7.7% | [4.9–12.0%] | 5.6% | [4.0–8.0%] | 4.8% | [3.1–7.3%] |
AOR (95% CI), comparing: | ||||||||
 NEETs with workers (ref) |  |  | 1.41 | (0.76–2.60) |  |  |  |  |
 NEETs with students (ref) |  |  | 1.45 | (0.71–2.95) |  |  |  |  |
 NEETs with workers and students (combined, ref) |  |  | 1.53 | (0.87–2.70) |  |  |  |  |
Drug use in last year | ||||||||
% (95% CI:) | ||||||||
 No | 64.6% | [61.9–67.2%] | 51.3% | [44.6–57.9%] | 65.7% | [61.0–70.0%] | 68.5% | [62.7–73.8%] |
 Cannabis only | 22.6% | [20.3–25.1%] | 27.7% | [21.8–34.5%] | 21.1% | [17.4–25.4%] | 19.8% | [15.7–24.7%] |
 Cannabis and/or other drugs | 12.8% | [11.0–14.8%] | 21.1% | [15.8–27.5%] | 13.2% | [10.4–16.6%] | 11.7% | [8.0–16.9%] |
AOR (95% CI), comparing: | ||||||||
 NEETs with workers (ref) |  |  | 1.81 | (1.31–2.52) |  |  |  |  |
 NEETs with students (ref) |  |  | 2.17 | (1.51–3.12) |  |  |  |  |
 NEETs with workers and students (combined, ref) |  |  | 1.98 | (1.46–2.67) |  |  |  |  |
Health outcomes | ||||||||
% (95% CI) self-reported health status (fair/bad/very bad) | 8.2% | [6.9–9.7%] | 18.8% | [14.0–24.7%] | 7.1% | [5.1–9.9%] | 4.6% | [3.1–6.8%] |
aAOR (95% CI), comparing: | ||||||||
 NEETs with workers (ref) |  |  | 3.17 | (1.90–5.31) |  |  |  |  |
 NEETs with students (ref) |  |  | 3.77 | (2.41–5.90) |  |  |  |  |
 NEETs with workers and students (combined, ref) |  |  | 3.39 | (2.24–5.13) |  |  |  |  |
% (95% CI) longstanding illness, disability or infirmity | 13.7% | [11.9–15.7%] | 17.7% | [13.0–23.5%] | 10.9% | [8.5–13.8%] | 15.7% | [11.9–20.5%] |
AOR (95% CI), comparing: | ||||||||
 NEETs with workers (ref) |  |  | 1.81 | (1.15–2.87) |  |  |  |  |
 NEETs with students (ref) |  |  | 1.15 | (0.73–1.82) |  |  |  |  |
 NEETs with workers and students (combined, ref) |  |  | 1.42 | (0.96–2.12) |  |  |  |  |
% (95% CI) 1+ chronic health condition a | 6.8% | [5.6–8.2%] | 6.5% | [4.2–9.9%] | 7.2% | [5.2–10.0%] | 6.3% | [4.2–9.3%] |
AOR (95% CI), comparing: | ||||||||
 NEETs with workers (ref) |  |  | 0.89 | (0.49–1.62) |  |  |  |  |
 NEETs with students (ref) |  |  | 0.97 | (0.54–1.74) |  |  |  |  |
 NEETs with workers and students (combined, ref) |  |  | 0.91 | (0.54–1.53) |  |  |  |  |
Body-mass index | ||||||||
% (95% CI) | ||||||||
 Normal: 18.5–25 kg/m3 | 66.0% | [63.3–68.6%] | 60.7% | [53.4–67.5%] | 64.7% | [60.3–68.9%] | 68.2% | [62.6–73.3%] |
 Underweight: < 18.5 kg/m3 | 6.0% | [4.8–7.6%] | 8.4% | [4.9–14.2%] | 1.9% | [1.0–3.7%] | 8.3% | [5.5–12.4%] |
 Overweight: 25–30 kg/m3 | 20.5% | [18.3–22.8%] | 21.1% | [15.9–27.4%] | 24.9% | [21.1–29.0%] | 17.6% | [13.5–22.6%] |
 Obese: > 30 kg/m3 | 7.5% | [6.1–9.1%] | 9.8% | [6.3–15.1%] | 8.5% | [6.4–11.2%] | 5.9% | [3.6–9.4%] |
AOR (95% CI), comparing: | ||||||||
 NEETs with workers (ref) |  |  | 1.24 | (0.87–1.76) |  |  |  |  |
 NEETs with students (ref) |  |  | 1.32 | (0.90–1.92) |  |  |  |  |
 NEETs with workers and students (combined, ref) |  |  | 1.24 | (0.89–1.71) |  |  |  |  |
% (95%CI) treated for depression in the past year | 3.0% | [2.2–3.9%] | 7.7% | [5.1–11.5%] | 2.0% | [1.1–3.6%] | 2.0% | [1.1–3.5%] |
AOR (95% CI), comparing: | ||||||||
 NEETs with workers (ref) |  |  | 4.30 | (1.93–9.56) |  |  |  |  |
 NEETs with students (ref) |  |  | 2.88 | (1.47–5.62) |  |  |  |  |
 NEETs with workers and students (combined, ref) |  |  | 3.57 | (1.98–6.46) |  |  |  |  |