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Childhood family wealth and mental health in a national cohort of young adults
SSM - population health, v 2, pp 798-806
01 Dec 2016
PMID: 28584861
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Abstract
Purpose: Mental health is critical to young adult health, as the onset of 75% of psychiatric disorders occurs by age 24 and psychiatric disorders early in life predict later behavioral health problems. Wealth may serve as a buffer against economic stressors. Family wealth may be particularly relevant for young adults by providing them with economic resources as they make educational decisions and move towards financial and social independence.
Methods: We used prospectively collected data from 2060 young adults aged 18-27 in 2005-2011 from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics, a national cohort of US families. We examined associations between nonspecific psychological distress (measured with the K-6 scale) and childhood average household wealth during ages 0-18 years (net worth in 2010 dollars).
Results: In demographics-adjusted generalized estimating equation models, higher childhood wealth percentile was related to a lower prevalence of serious psychological distress: compared to lowest-quartile wealth, prevalence ratio (PR)=0.52 (0.32-0.85) for 3rd quartile and PR=0.41 (0.24-0.68) for 4th quartile. The associations were attenuated slightly by adjustment for parent education and more so by adjustment for childhood household income percentile.
Conclusions: Understanding the lifelong processes through which distinct aspects of socioeconomic status affect mental health can help us identify high-risk populations and take steps to minimize future disparities in mental illness.
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- Title
- Childhood family wealth and mental health in a national cohort of young adults
- Creators
- Felice Le-Scherban - Drexel UniversityAllison B. Brenner - University of Michigan–Ann ArborRobert F. Schoeni - University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
- Publication Details
- SSM - population health, v 2, pp 798-806
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Number of pages
- 9
- Grant note
- P01HD087155 / EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD) 1157698 / National Science Foundation; National Science Foundation (NSF) R01 HD069609 / National Institutes of Health; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA P01AG029409 / NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute on Aging (NIA)
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Urban Health Collaborative; Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000448676800094
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84993939782
- Other Identifier
- 991019169815704721
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- Public, Environmental & Occupational Health