Retrospective reports of socioeconomic disadvantage in childhood and mortality risk: are associations consistent across measures and sex?

ABSTRACT: Although prior research has established associations between childhood socioeconomic disadvantage and all-cause mortality, there is still limited research investigating (1) the consistency between subjective and objective reports of childhood socioeconomic status, (2) sex differences in the associations between childhood socioeconomic disadvantage and all-cause mortality, and (3) potential mediators within these associations. Drawing on data from the Midlife in the United States (MIDUS) cohort (N = 7425), we examined the associations between three distinct indicators of childhood socioeconomic disadvantage and all-cause mortality risk, and whether these associations differ for males and females. Among males only, lower perceived relative childhood financial status, lower levels of parents'

SUBMITTER: Ng AE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9886746 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature