Parents' childhood socioeconomic circumstances are associated with their children's asthma outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Previous literature documents associations between low socioeconomic status (SES) and poor health outcomes, including asthma. However, this literature has largely focused on the effects of current family circumstances.

Objective

We sought to test an intergenerational hypothesis, that the childhood SES that parents experience will be associated with asthma outcomes in their children, independent of effects of current family SES. Second, we aimed to test whether this association is in part due to difficulties in current parent-child relationships.

Methods

This was an observational study, whereby 150 parents were interviewed about their childhood SES and their children (physician-diagnosed asthma, ages 9-17 years) were interviewed about current family stress.

SUBMITTER: Chen E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5509526 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature