Association of childhood and adult socioeconomic status with adult social connection: a mediation analysis.

ABSTRACT: In this prospective cohort study, we explored associations of childhood socioeconomic status (SES) with social connection in adulthood, and to which extent these associations can be explained by SES in adulthood. We used data from the longitudinal Young Finns Study (n = 1775, 3-18 years at baseline). Childhood SES was assessed through parental income and educational attainment in 1980, and participants' own adult SES through income and educational attainment in 2007. The outcomes were 3 indicators of social connection measured in 2018-2020: (1) loneliness, (2) perceived social support, and (3) frequency of social contact. SES indicators were analyzed separately using regression models and causal mediation analysis via marginal structural models. In the mediation analyses, low parental inco

SUBMITTER: Cachon-Alonso L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12527292 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature