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Health in Childhood and Social Inequalities in Health in Young Adults

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  • C. Power
  • O. Manor
  • A. J. Fox
  • K. Fogelman

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The role of childhood and adolescent health and development has been assessed as a potential explanation for later social class inequalities in health using longitudinal data from the 1958 cohort study. In early adulthood, general health (as self‐rated by respondents) and emotional health (as measured by the malaise inventory) were generally poorer in lower social classes. Adjustment for a wide range of childhood health characteristics did not reduce class differences in health evident in early adulthood and were therefore considered to be relatively unimportant influences. Some reduction in the class differences did occur, however, when allowance was made for ill‐health in adolescence. For example, odds of ‘poor’ or ‘fair’ rating of health at age 23 years in classes IV and V relative to classes I and II decreased from 2.52 to 2.26 in men and 3.39 to 3.08 in women after adjusting for school absence through ill‐health at age 16. Adolescent health may contribute to class inequalities in health but preliminary consideration of other potential influences (socioeconomic circumstances and health‐related behaviour) suggests that other factors may be relatively more important.

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  • C. Power & O. Manor & A. J. Fox & K. Fogelman, 1990. "Health in Childhood and Social Inequalities in Health in Young Adults," Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A, Royal Statistical Society, vol. 153(1), pages 17-28, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jorssa:v:153:y:1990:i:1:p:17-28
    DOI: 10.2307/2983094
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    1. Palloni, Alberto & Milesi, Carolina & White, Robert G. & Turner, Alyn, 2009. "Early childhood health, reproduction of economic inequalities and the persistence of health and mortality differentials," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 68(9), pages 1574-1582, May.
    2. Jane Barlow & Jacci Parsons, 2005. "Group‐based parent‐training programmes for improving emotional and behavioural adjustment in 0–3 year old children," Campbell Systematic Reviews, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 1(1), pages 1-59.
    3. Alberto Palloni, 2006. "Reproducing inequalities: Luck, wallets, and the enduring effects of childhood health," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 43(4), pages 587-615, November.
    4. Murasko, Jason E., 2008. "An evaluation of the age-profile in the relationship between household income and the health of children in the United States," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 27(6), pages 1489-1502, December.
    5. Kulhánová, Ivana & Hoffmann, Rasmus & Judge, Ken & Looman, Caspar W.N. & Eikemo, Terje A. & Bopp, Matthias & Deboosere, Patrick & Leinsalu, Mall & Martikainen, Pekka & Rychtaříková, Jitka & Wojtyniak,, 2014. "Assessing the potential impact of increased participation in higher education on mortality: Evidence from 21 European populations," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 117(C), pages 142-149.

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