Childhood socioeconomic position and adult mental wellbeing: Evidence from four British birth cohort studies.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is much evidence showing that childhood socioeconomic position is associated with physical health in adulthood; however existing evidence on how early life disadvantage is associated with adult mental wellbeing is inconsistent. This paper investigated whether childhood socioeconomic position (SEP) is associated with adult mental wellbeing and to what extent any association is explained by adult SEP using harmonised data from four British birth cohort studies.

Methods

The sample comprised 20,717 participants with mental wellbeing data in the Hertfordshire Cohort Study (HCS), the MRC National Survey of Health and Development (NSHD), the National Child Development Study (NCDS), and the British Cohort Study (BCS70). Warwick Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale (WEMW

SUBMITTER: Wood N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5656308 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature