Maternal social status, early health capital, and young adults’ economic attainment: Early life course investigation

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• 作者：Jihyoung Kim^a ; ^{jhkim013@gmail.com} ; K.A.S. Wickrama^b
• 关键词：Maternal social status ; Birth weight ; Height ; Early health capital ; Young adults&rsquo ; economic attainment
• 刊名：Social Science Research
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：61
• 期：Complete
• 页码：266-277
• 全文大小：392 K
• 卷排序：61

文摘

Using survey data collected from 12,278 adolescents and their mothers over 13 years in a nationally representative National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, this study examined how maternal social status influenced young adults’ economic attainment over the early life course. We found that weight at birth and height at adolescence as early health capital mediated the influence of maternal social status on young adults’ economic attainment. Also, adolescents’ educational attainment and psychological vulnerabilities mediated the relation between early health capital and young adults’ economic attainment. These findings highlight the importance of early intervention to prevent the persistent influence of adverse maternal social status on youths’ developmental outcomes.