Early-life income inequality and adolescent health and well-being

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• 作者：Frank J. Elgar^a ; ^{frank.elgar@mcgill.ca} ; Genevi&egrave ; ve Garié ; py^a ; Torbjø ; rn Torsheim^b ; Candace Currie^c
• 关键词：Income inequality ; Adolescents ; Children ; Health ; Well-being ; Causal inference ; Health Behaviour in School-aged Children
• 刊名：Social Science & Medicine
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：174
• 期：Complete
• 页码：197-208
• 全文大小：426 K
• 卷排序：174

文摘

Income inequality in infancy relates to poor health in adolescent females. Both the magnitude and timing of inequality matter to their health and well-being. No such associations with early-life income inequality were found in males. The results establish temporality in the association between inequality and health.