Reduced social support perpetuates disadvantage across the lifespan for Australian women.

ABSTRACT:

Background

People who experience disadvantage in childhood-broadly defined as hardship across various social, economic, and health domains-tend to continue experiencing disadvantage in adulthood. This is especially the case for women, who experience greater disadvantage than men across the lifespan and face unique structural barriers to overcoming it. This study examined whether social support in early adulthood acts as a modifiable pathway out of childhood disadvantage for Australian women.

Methods

Data from a subsample of the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health 1989-95 cohort (N = 8,755) were analysed. Latent Class Analysis identified childhood disadvantage profiles from retrospectively recalled adverse childhood experiences. Path analysis examined the longitud

SUBMITTER: Robertson AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12681137 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature