Combining family history and alcohol screening measures to identify emerging adults at risk of not being in education, employment, or training (NEET).

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Being outside of the labor and education system during young adulthood, a status termed not in education, employment, or training (NEET), is a risk factor for later social and health outcomes. This study examined whether parental substance use (PSU) moderates the relationship between personal alcohol consumption and NEET. Such information may inform screening practices.

Methods

Participants included 2,940 respondents (15-25-year-olds) to a 2014 Danish national survey. In this historical cohort study, survey data were linked with register data on respondents' parents and follow-up register data on respondents' educational/employment status (2015-2018). The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test-Consumption (AUDIT-C) identified respondents with hazardous drinking. P

SUBMITTER: Brummer JE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12572071 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature