Family deaths in the early life course and their association with later educational attainment in a longitudinal cohort study.

ABSTRACT: Due to structural racism and pathways between racism and health, Black and Native American people die at younger ages than white people. This means that those groups are likely to experience deaths of family members at younger ages. Evidence is mixed about whether family deaths affect educational attainment. We aim to 1) estimate the prevalence of family deaths by age and race 2) estimate the effect of a family death on later educational attainment and 3) analyze whether the effect of a family death varies by age, socioeconomic status, gender, and race. The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health) is a nationally representative sample of U.S. adolescents in grades 7-12 at baseline in 1994-1995. Add Health has a large and racially diverse sample and records fam

SUBMITTER: Thyden NH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10529887 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature