Impact of parental socioeconomic status on offspring's mental health: protocol for a longitudinal community-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Socioeconomic status (SES) affects physical and mental health and cognitive functioning. The association between SES changes (SES mobility) and health has ethical and political implications in that the pernicious effects of inequality and the differential impact on social classes of economic and social policies. There is a lack of research conducted to explore the intergenerational transmission of parental SES changes on the offspring's mental health and cognitive functioning. We aim to fill this gap and identify roles of parental SES changes in offspring's mental health and cognitive outcomes.

Methods and analysis

This study will be based on a longitudinal cohort from the most populous municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec. Participants and their biol

SUBMITTER: Li M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7888321 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature