Measuring socioeconomic adversity in early life.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

Early life adversity leads to enduring effects on physical and mental health, school performance and other outcomes. We sought to identify potentially modifiable factors associated with socioeconomic adversity in early life.

Methods

We enrolled 1503 pregnant women aged 16-40 years, without pregnancy complications or pre-existing conditions from Shelby County, Tennessee. Social, familial and economic variables were analysed using principal components (PCs) analyses to generate the Socioeconomic Adversity Index (SAI). This was replicated using the National Survey of Children's Health (NSCH). Health and social outcomes were compared across the quintile groups defined by SAI values at the county, state and national levels.

Results

Significant differences occurred acro

SUBMITTER: Anand KJS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6584079 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature