Association of child labor with risk and protective factors for Chronic Noncommunicable Diseases in Brazilian schoolchildren: National School Health Survey 2015

• Autor(a) principal: Ferreira, Alan Cristian Marinho
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Silva, Alanna Gomes da, Gomes, Crizian Saar, Malta, Deborah Carvalho
• Tipo de documento: preprint
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: SciELO Preprints
• Texto Completo: https://preprints.scielo.org/index.php/scielo/preprint/view/5259
• topic: Trabalho Infantil; Adolescentes; Doenças Crônicas não Transmissíveis; Fatores de Risco; Fatores de Proteção; Child Labor; Teenagers; Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases; Risk factors; Protection Factors

Objective: To analyze the sociodemographic profile of adolescents working in Brazil and the association of child labor with risk and protection factors for Chronic Noncommunicable Diseases. Methods: Cross-sectional study with data from sample 2 of the 2015 National School Health Survey. The variables gender, age, race/skin color, administrative dependence on the school and maternal education, variables about food, physical activity and use of drugs. Analyzes were performed by means of prevalence and respective 95% confidence intervals (95%CI) and calculation of the crude and adjusted ODDS Ratio. Results: A total of 10,926 students participated in the survey, of which 16.9% (95%CI: 15.1-18.9) worked. Child labor was higher among adolescents: male (ORaj: 1.82; 95%CI: 1.55-2.15); aged between 16 and 17 years (ORaj: 2.96; 95%CI: 2.37-3.69; who studied in public schools (ORaj: 1.69; 95%CI: 1.14-2.52); with maternal schooling equal to incomplete high school (ORaj: 1.54; 95%CI: 1.11;2.13); residents of the South region (ORaj: 2.17; 95%CI: 1.60-2.94). Adolescents workers were more likely to smoke (ORaj: 1.94; 95%CI: 1.52-2.48); consume alcoholic beverages (ORaj: 2.01; 95%CI: 1.71-2.36); use drugs (ORaj: 1.76; 95%CI: 1.35-2.31); perform physical activity (ORaj: 1.24; 95%CI: 1.07-1.44); consume sweets (ORaj: 1.30 ; 95%CI: 1.13-1.49); consume fried snacks (ORaj: 1.41; 95%CI: 1.15-1.74), and soft drinks (ORaj: 1.23; 95%CI: 1.06 -1.44), however, they had a lower chance of sedentary behavior (ORaj: 0.68; 95%CI: 0.59-0.79). Conclusions: There were sociodemographic differences regarding child labor in Brazil. Those who worked were more likely to show risk behaviors for NCDs, however they were more physically active.