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Socioeconomic status and adolescent injuries

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  • Williams, J. M.
  • Currie, C. E.
  • Wright, P.
  • Elton, R. A.
  • Beattie, T. F.

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Injuries are the major cause of morbidity among children and adolescents in developed countries, but there is a lack of consensus on the relationship between socioeconomic status and risk of injuries. A self-complete questionnaire survey, to gather information on non-fatal injuries and sociodemographic details, was administered in schools during April-June 1994 to a national sample of 4710 Scottish adolescents aged 11, 13 and 15 years. Although there was no evidence of a socioeconomic gradient in the total incidence of medically attended injuries among adolescents, based on the Registrar General's classifications of paternal occupation and a composite measure of family affluence, marked socioeconomic variation in the circumstances in which injuries occurred was observed. There were also socioeconomic differences in the extent and type of risk behaviours reported by adolescents, indicating differential rates of risk exposure. The finding that socioeconomic status affects the kinds of injury events adolescents experience and levels of risk behaviour has implications for the design of injury prevention strategies.

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  • Williams, J. M. & Currie, C. E. & Wright, P. & Elton, R. A. & Beattie, T. F., 1997. "Socioeconomic status and adolescent injuries," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 44(12), pages 1881-1891, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:44:y:1997:i:12:p:1881-1891
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    1. Blaabæk, Ea Hoppe & Andersen, Lars Højsgaard & Fallesen, Peter, 2024. "From unequal injuries to unequal learning? Socioeconomic gradients in childhood concussions and the impact on children's academic performance," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 341(C).
    2. Currie, Candace & Molcho, Michal & Boyce, William & Holstein, Bjørn & Torsheim, Torbjørn & Richter, Matthias, 2008. "Researching health inequalities in adolescents: The development of the Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children (HBSC) Family Affluence Scale," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 66(6), pages 1429-1436, March.
    3. Green, Mark A., 2013. "The equalisation hypothesis and changes in geographical inequalities of age based mortality in England, 2002–2004 to 2008–2010," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 87(C), pages 93-98.
    4. Jane E. K. Hartley & Kate Levin & Candace Currie, 2016. "A new version of the HBSC Family Affluence Scale - FAS III: Scottish Qualitative Findings from the International FAS Development Study," Child Indicators Research, Springer;The International Society of Child Indicators (ISCI), vol. 9(1), pages 233-245, March.

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