Socioeconomic position, social mobility, and health selection effects on allostatic load in the United States.

ABSTRACT: The contemporaneous association between higher socioeconomic position and better health is well established. Life course research has also demonstrated a lasting effect of childhood socioeconomic conditions on adult health and well-being. Yet, little is known about the separate health effects of intergenerational mobility-moving into a different socioeconomic position than one's parents-among early adults in the United States. Most studies on the health implications of mobility rely on cross-sectional datasets, which makes it impossible to differentiate between health selection and social causation effects. In addition, understanding the effects of social mobility on health at a relatively young age has been hampered by the paucity of health measures that reliably predict disease onset. An

SUBMITTER: Gugushvili A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8336836 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature