How Are Children of Older Mothers Doing? Evidence from the United Kingdom

Goisis, Alice

doi:10.1080/19485565.2014.1001887

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“…This coincides with a study in the United Kingdom indicating that greater mother's age favorably affects child cognitive, behavioral, and health condition [31]. …”

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Factors Associated with Dental Pain in Mexican Schoolchildren Aged 6 to 12 Years

Escoffié-Ramírez

Ávila-Burgos

Baena-Santillán

et al. 2017

BioMed Research International

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Objective To identify dental pain prevalence and associated factors in Mexican schoolchildren. Methods This cross-sectional study included 1,404 schoolchildren aged 6 to 12 years from public schools in the city of Pachuca de Soto, Hidalgo, Mexico. Data were collected through a questionnaire that addressed sociodemographic and socioeconomic factors, eating and dental hygiene habits, and behavior variables. The dependent variable was self-reported dental pain in the 12 months prior to the survey. Data were analyzed using nonparametric statistics and a binary logistical regression model. Results Dental pain prevalence among the studied children was 49.9%. The variables associated in the final model (p < 0.05) were younger mother's age, higher socioeconomic level, absence of an automobile in the home, fried food, fruit intake, lower tooth brushing frequency, never having used mouthwash or not knowing about it, and parents/guardians with regular to high levels of knowledge about oral health and a regular or good/very good perception of their child's oral health. Conclusions One in two children in the study had experienced dental pain in the twelve months prior to the survey. The association of socioeconomic variables with dental pain suggested inequalities among the children in terms of oral health.

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“…This coincides with a study in the United Kingdom indicating that greater mother's age favorably affects child cognitive, behavioral, and health condition [31]. …”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 90%

Factors Associated with Dental Pain in Mexican Schoolchildren Aged 6 to 12 Years

Escoffié-Ramírez

Ávila-Burgos

Baena-Santillán

et al. 2017

BioMed Research International

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“…The age of the mother at birth is associated with the child outcomes (e.g. Goisis 2015) and with her future partnership formation patterns and the stability of those partnerships (e.g. Rindfuss and St. John 1983).…”

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Family Trajectories and Well-being of Children Born to Lone Mothers in the UK

2017

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We investigate how lone mothers’ heterogeneity in partnership trajectories is associated with children’s well-being. We use data from the Millennium Cohort Study, which follows a large sample of children born in the UK in 2000–2002. We divide children who were born to lone mothers into four groups based on their mothers’ partnership trajectories between birth and age seven, which cover more than 80% of these children’s family experiences. We then analyse how these trajectories are associated with markers of health, cognitive and socio-emotional outcomes measured at around age seven. We find that compared to the children that live continuously with lone mothers, children whose biological father stably joined the household have better cognitive and socio-emotional outcomes. In contrast, children in trajectories characterised by living with a stepfather or who experienced biological father joining in the family followed by biological parents’ dissolution had outcomes similar to children living continuously with lone mothers. The results underscore the importance of treating children born to lone mothers as a heterogeneous category.

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“… 7 In particular, evidence on the association between maternal age and children’s cognitive ability is mixed. Some studies, before adjustment for parental characteristics, have documented a positive association between advanced maternal age and children’s cognitive ability, 8–10 whereas others found a negative association. 11–14 Cognitive ability in childhood is an important predictor of important outcomes measured later in life, such as educational attainment, occupation and health.…”

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“…In the past, families in which children were born to older mothers tended to have larger numbers of children and were poorer than the average; whereas today these families tend to have smaller numbers of children and are socioeconomically more advantaged than the average, often because parents invest in education and become established in professional occupation before having children. 8 , 19 Consequently, the association between advanced maternal age and children’s cognitive ability might have changed over time.…”

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The reversing association between advanced maternal age and child cognitive ability: evidence from three UK birth cohorts

Goisis

Schneider

Myrskylä

2017

International Journal of Epidemiology

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Background: Studies on advanced maternal age—defined here as age 35 or older—and children’s cognitive ability report mixed evidence. Previous studies have not analysed how the time period considered in existing studies influences the association. Methods: We analysed trends in the association between maternal age and cognitive ability using data from the 1958 National Child Development Study (n = 10 969), the 1970 British Cohort Study (n = 9362) and the 2000–2002 Millennium Cohort Study (n = 11 600). The dependent variable measures cognitive ability at age 10/11 years. Cognitive scores were standardised to a mean of zero and a standard deviation of one. Results: For the 1958–70 cohort studies, maternal ages 35 –39 were negatively associated with children's cognitive ability compared with maternal ages 25–29 (1958 cohort β = −0.06 standard deviations (SD) 95% confidence interval (CI): −0.13, −0.00; 1970 cohort β = −0.12 SD 95% CI: −0.20, −0.03). By contrast, for the 2000–2002 cohort study maternal ages 35–39 were positively associated with cognitive ability (β = 0.16 SD 95% CI: 0.09, 0.23). For maternal ages 40+, the pattern was qualitatively similar. These cross-cohort differences were explained by the fact that in the earlier cohorts advanced maternal age was associated with high parity, whereas in the 2000–2002 cohort it was associated with socioeconomically advantaged family background. Conclusions: The association between advanced maternal age and children’s cognitive ability changed from negative in the 1958 and 1970 cohorts to positive in the 2000–2002 cohort because of changing parental characteristics. The time period considered can constitute an important factor in determining the association between maternal age and cognitive ability.

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How Are Children of Older Mothers Doing? Evidence from the United Kingdom

Cited by 17 publications

References 49 publications

Factors Associated with Dental Pain in Mexican Schoolchildren Aged 6 to 12 Years

Factors Associated with Dental Pain in Mexican Schoolchildren Aged 6 to 12 Years

Family Trajectories and Well-being of Children Born to Lone Mothers in the UK

The reversing association between advanced maternal age and child cognitive ability: evidence from three UK birth cohorts

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