@article{ref1,
title="Trends in driver licensing status and driving among high school seniors in the United States, 1996-2010",
journal="Journal of safety research",
year="2013",
author="Shults, Ruth A. and Williams, Allan F.",
volume="46",
number="",
pages="167-170",
abstract="INTRODUCTION: Understanding the reasons for fluctuations in teenage driver crashes over time in the United States is clouded by the lack of information on licensure rates and driving exposure. METHODS: We examined results from the Monitoring the Future survey to estimate the proportion of high school seniors who possessed a driver's license and the proportion of seniors who did not drive &quot;during an average week&quot; during the 15-year period of 1996-2010. RESULTS: During 1996-2010, the proportion of high school seniors in United States who reported having a driver's license declined by 12 percentage points (14%) from 85% to 73%. Two-thirds of the decline (8 percentage points) occurred during 2006-2010. During the same 15-year period, the proportion of high school seniors who did not drive during an average week increased by 7 percentage points (47%) from 15% in 1996 to 22% in 2010, with essentially all of the increase occurring during 2006-2009. DISCUSSION: Findings in this report suggest that the economic recession in recent years has reduced rates of licensure and driving among high school seniors.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0022-4375",
doi="10.1016/j.jsr.2013.04.003",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsr.2013.04.003"
}