Associations Between Graduated Driver Licensing Restrictions and Delay in Driving Licensure Among U.S. High School Students.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Some of the most vulnerable groups of teens choose to delay driving licensure (DDL). We assessed longitudinal associations between state-level Graduated Driver Licensing (GDL) restrictions and DDL among U.S. high school students.

Methods

Data from seven waves of the NEXT Generation Health Study (starting 10^th-grade (2009-2010)), were analyzed in 2020 using Poisson regression. The outcome was DDL (delay vs. no-delay). Independent variables were driving restrictions (at learner and intermediate phases of licensure), sex, race/ethnicity, family affluence, parent education, family structure, and urbanicity.

Results

Of 2525 eligible for licensure, 887 (38.9%), 1078 (30.4%), 560 (30.7%) reported DDL 1-2 years, >2 years, no DDL, respectively. Interact

SUBMITTER: Vaca FE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8128141 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature