Childhood socioeconomic status, adult socioeconomic status, and old-age health trajectories

Zimmer, Zachary; Hanson, Heidi A.; Smith, Ken R.

doi:10.4054/demres.2016.34.10

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“…An increasing body of literature acknowledges the association between adverse socioeconomic conditions in childhood and adverse health outcomes later in life. Almond & Currie (2011), Zimmer, Hanson & Smith (2016) and Cohen, Janicki-Deverts, Chen, & Matthews (2010) provide reviews from an economic, demographic and psychological perspective, respectively.…”

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Childhood Socioeconomic Status and Late-Adulthood Mental Health: Results From the Survey on Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe

Angelini

Howdon

Mierau

2018

The Journals of Gerontology: Series B

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Childhood Socioeconomic Status and Late-Adulthood Mental Health: Results From the Survey on Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe

Angelini

Howdon

Mierau

2018

The Journals of Gerontology: Series B

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“…More specifically, socioeconomic conditions in early life have been recognized as an important factor for health and mortality risk in later life. 1 - 3 Children have no control over the socioeconomic class they are born into, but social forces can have a significant and lasting impact as children grow into adulthood. Children born into lower socioeconomic positions are faced with conditions (ie, lower financial resources, poorer housing) that have been shown to affect health at all ages, and decrease the possibility of upward mobility to a higher social class in adulthood.…”

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Childhood Socioeconomic Status and Stress in Late Adulthood: A Longitudinal Approach to Measuring Allostatic Load

Graves

Nowakowski

2017

Global Pediatric Health

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Objectives: This study examines how the effects of childhood socioeconomic status (SES) may carry on into late adulthood. Methods: We examine how childhood SES affects both perceived stress and allostatic load, which is a cumulative measure of the body’s biologic response to chronic stress. We use the National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project, Waves 1 and 2, and suggest a novel method of incorporating a longitudinal allostatic load measure. Results: Individuals who grew up in low SES households have higher allostatic load scores in late adulthood, and this association is mediated mostly by educational attainment. Discussion: The longitudinal allostatic load measure shows similar results to the singular measures and allows us to include 2 time points into one outcome measure. Incorporating 2 separate time points into one measure is important because allostatic load is a measure of cumulative physiological dysregulation, and longitudinal data provide a more comprehensive measure.

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“…The causal mechanism that links age at last birth and survival after age 50 has yet to be established (Gagnon, 2015), but is thought to be rooted in social and economic benefits or beneficial genetic predispositions (Te Velde & Pearson, 2002). A mother who was able to conceive children at advanced ages can pass these characteristics on to her offspring, as both social position and female ages at last birth/menopause cluster within families (Knigge, 2016;Zimmer, Hanson & Smith, 2016;De Bruin et al, 2001;Morris et al 2011;Pettay et al, 2005;Van Asselt et al, 2004;Walter et al, 2012). Furthermore, late-reproducing mothers might have been healthier and were able to give birth to babies with a higher birth weight, which would make her offspring less vulnerable and more resilient to all kinds of infectious diseases.…”

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Intergenerational transmission of longevity is not affected by other familial factors: Evidence from 16,905 Dutch families from Zeeland, 1812-1962

Mourits

Berg

Rodríguez-Girondo

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Studies have shown that long-lived individuals seem to pass their survival advantage on to their offspring. Offspring of long-lived parents had a lifelong survival advantage over individuals without long-lived parents, making them more likely to become long-lived themselves. We test whether the survival advantage enjoyed by offspring of long-lived individuals is explained by environmental factors. 101,577 individuals from 16,905 families in the 1812-1886 Zeeland cohort were followed over time.To prevent that certain families were overrepresented in our data, disjoint family trees were selected. Offspring was included if the age at death of both parents was known. Our analyses show that multiple familial resources are associated with survival within the first 5 years of life, with stronger maternal than paternal effects. However, between ages 5 and 100 both parents contribute equally to offspring's survival chances. After age 5, offspring of long-lived fathers and long-lived mothers had a 16-19% lower chance of dying at any given point in time than individuals without long-lived parents. This survival advantage is most likely genetic in nature, as it could not be explained by other, tested familial resources and is transmitted equally by fathers and mothers.

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Childhood socioeconomic status, adult socioeconomic status, and old-age health trajectories

Cited by 45 publications

References 72 publications

Childhood Socioeconomic Status and Late-Adulthood Mental Health: Results From the Survey on Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe

Childhood Socioeconomic Status and Late-Adulthood Mental Health: Results From the Survey on Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe

Childhood Socioeconomic Status and Stress in Late Adulthood: A Longitudinal Approach to Measuring Allostatic Load

Intergenerational transmission of longevity is not affected by other familial factors: Evidence from 16,905 Dutch families from Zeeland, 1812-1962

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