Long-term Outcomes of Childhood Family Income Supplements on Adult Functioning.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

During an ongoing longitudinal cohort study, a casino opening created a natural cash transfer experiment. Some participating families received income supplements, and others did not. The children in this study are now adults.

Objective

To assess the long-term outcomes of family income supplements received in childhood.

Design, setting, and participants

This community-representative longitudinal cohort study set in western North Carolina assessed 1266 participants aged 9, 11, and 13 years at intake up to 11 times up to age 30 years from January 1993 to December 2015. Data were analyzed from January to December 2021.

Exposures

In 1996, a southeastern American Indian tribe implemented a cash transfer program of approximately $5000 annually per person fo

SUBMITTER: Copeland WE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9396462 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature