Effects of work permits on illegal employment among youth workers: findings of a school-based survey on child labor violations.

We compared self-reported child labor violations between teenagers with and without work permits. Data were obtained from a school-based survey of working teenagers in 16 randomly selected high schools in North Carolina. We examined associations between work hour violations, hazardous order violations (performance of illegal tasks), and possession of a work permit.

Characteristics of teens with and without work permits.

Background: Factors associated with the issuance of mandated work permits for teens, and their enforcement are currently unknown.

Methods: A cross-sectional survey was administered to 1945 teens at 16 randomly selected North Carolina high schools. Predictor variables examined included teens' socio-demographic characteristics, employment patterns, and labor law knowledge.

Adequacy of health and safety training among young Latino construction workers.

Objectives: This study aimed to assess the adequacy of safety training provided to young Latino immigrant construction workers. The study posited that, because of their youth and immigrant status, these workers would be less likely to receive adequate training.

Methods: We interviewed 50 youths aged < or =21 who had worked at least 10 days in construction in the previous year.

Childhood unintentional injuries: factors predicting injury risk among preschoolers.

Objective: To examine the relationships between maternal perceptions of risk, stress, social support, safety-proofing behaviors, supervision practices and unintentional injuries to children under 5 years old.

Methods: Household interviews were conducted with 159 mothers who had a preschool-age child. The secondary data were part of a population-based study that collected self-report data and home observational data.