A Longitudinal Analysis of the Intergenerational Transmission of Health Inequality.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Empirical investigations of cumulative dis/advantage typically treat health inequality as an intraindividual process rooted in early-life conditions and operating within the span of the individual life course, while literature on processes of intergenerational transmission has historically focused on socioeconomic mobility, largely overlooking health. The current study examines the persistence of work disability across generations and multiple explanations for this relationship, including the role of early-life disadvantage, childhood health, educational attainment, and social mobility.

Methods

We model latent classes of midlife work disability characterized by timing and stability using longitudinal data from the intergenerational component of the U.S. Panel Stud

SUBMITTER: Willson AE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6294230 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature