Is it possible to overcome the 'long arm' of childhood socioeconomic disadvantage through upward socioeconomic mobility?

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Socioeconomically disadvantaged children have worse adult health; we test if this 'long arm' of childhood disadvantage can be overcome through upward socioeconomic mobility in adulthood.

Methods

Four SES trajectories (stable low, upwardly mobile, downwardly mobile and stable high) were created from median dichotomized childhood socioeconomic status (SES; childhood human and financial capital) and adult SES (wealth at age 67) from Health and Retirement Study respondents (N = 6669). Healthy ageing markers, in tertiles, were walking speed, peak expiratory flow (PEF), and grip strength measured in 2008 and 2010. Multinomial logistic regression models, weighted to be nationally representative, controlled for age, gender, race, birthplace, outcome year and childhood hea

SUBMITTER: Vable AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7967879 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature