Early-life family income and subjective well-being in adolescents.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Subjective well-being (SWB) in youths positively relates to family income, however its association with income during childhood is unclear. Using longitudinal data from the US Panel Study of Income Dynamics (n = 2234 adolescents, age 12-19 years), we examined whether the timing and duration of low family income in childhood was associated with adolescent SWB.

Methods

We categorized family income during childhood into state-specific quintiles. Adolescent SWB was assessed using a 12-item questionnaire (score range 3-18). We used marginal structural modelling to test for sensitive periods of exposure to low income and tested cumulative effects of income by modelling the number of years spent in the poorest income quintiles.

Results

A period in early childhood (ag

SUBMITTER: Gariepy G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5513414 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature