Explaining ethnic variations in adolescent mental health: a secondary analysis of the Millennium Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The relationship between ethnicity and adolescent mental health was investigated using cross-sectional data from the nationally representative UK Millennium Cohort Study.

Methods

Parental Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire reports identified mental health problems in 10,357 young people aged 14 (n = 2042 from ethnic minority backgrounds: Mixed n = 492, Indian n = 275, Pakistani n = 496, Bangladeshi n = 221, Black Caribbean n = 102, Black African n = 187, Other Ethnic Group n = 269). Univariable logistic regression models investigated associations between each factor and outcome; a bivariable model investigated whether household income explained differences by ethnicity, and a multivariable model additionally adjusted for factors of social support (self-assessed

SUBMITTER: Ahmad G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8541880 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature