Adulthood trajectories of resilience and vulnerability: exploring gender differences in disadvantage after experience of out-of-home care.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Childhood adversity places individuals in a vulnerable position, resulting in potentially enduring disadvantage across life domains like health and work. Studying the manifestation of this disadvantage is crucial for understanding which resources society can provide to mitigate or prevent it, which makes this subject a fundamental public health concern. This study investigated whether disadvantage patterns after childhood adversity differ by gender and educational level, using out-of-home care as proxy for early adversity.

Methods

We used register data from a 1953 Swedish birth cohort. Distinct profiles of socioeconomic and health disadvantage in individuals with out-of-home care experience were identified using group-based multi-trajectory modelling. Multinomial

SUBMITTER: Bornscheuer L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11789295 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature