Early Exposure to County Income Mobility and Adult Individual Health in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Previous research in the United States suggests contextual income mobility may play a role in explaining the disparities between life expectancy in the United States and peer countries. This article aims to extend previous research by estimating the consequences of average individual exposure to mobility regimes during childhood and adolescence on adult health.

Methods

This study draws its data from two longitudinal datasets that track the county of residence of respondents during childhood and adolescence, the Panel Study of Income Dynamics and the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997. We implement marginal structural models to assess the association of the average exposure to county income mobility on five health outcomes and behaviors.

Results

The

SUBMITTER: Daza S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9154259 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature