Association between poverty exposure during childhood and adolescence, and drug use disorders and drug-related crimes later in life.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

To examine whether poverty exposure in childhood/adolescence increases the risk of later drug use disorder and drug crime conviction.

Design, setting and participants

A national cohort study encompassing 634 284 individuals born between 1985 and 1990, residing in Sweden between 5 and 18 years of age, followed-up from January 2004 to December 2016, starting from the age of 19 years until the first visit to inpatient/outpatient care with a diagnosis of a drug use disorder or a drug crime offence.

Measurements

The exposure variable was 'trajectories of poverty' based on household income, assessed through group-based trajectory analysis. Cox regression analysis was used to obtain hazard ratios for drug use disorders and drug crime convictions using age as the underly

SUBMITTER: Manhica H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8247994 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature