Exploring the role of early-life circumstances, abilities and achievements on well-being at age 50 years: evidence from the 1958 British birth cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

We aim to examine the relative contributions of pathways from middle childhood/adolescence to mid-life well-being, health and cognition, in the context of family socio-economic status (SES) at birth, educational achievement and early-adulthood SES. Our approach is largely exploratory, suspecting that the strongest mediators between childhood circumstances and mid-life physical and emotional well-being may be cognitive performance during school years, material and behavioural difficulties, and educational achievement. We also explore whether the effects of childhood circumstances on mid-life physical and emotional well-being differ between men and women.

Setting/participants

Data were from the National Child Development Study, a fully-representative British birth c

SUBMITTER: Dodgeon B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7044849 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature