Impact of poverty and family adversity on adolescent health: a multi-trajectory analysis using the UK Millennium Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Children exposed to poverty and family adversities including domestic violence, parental mental ill health and parental alcohol misuse may experience poor outcomes across the life course. However, the complex interrelationships between these exposures in childhood are unclear. We therefore assessed the clustering of trajectories of household poverty and family adversities and their impacts on adolescent health outcomes.

Methods

We used longitudinal data from the UK Millennium Cohort study on 11564 children followed to age 14 years. Family adversities included parent reported domestic violence and abuse, poor mental health and frequent alcohol use. We used a group-based multi-trajectory cluster model to identify trajectories of poverty and family adversity for chil

SUBMITTER: Adjei NK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8841277 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature