"Children from socioeconomically disadvantaged families (previous
generations'
socioeconomic status as well as current socioeconomic status) begin their
lives with a poorer platform of health and a reduced capacity to benefit
from the economic and social advances experienced by the rest of society.
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Journal: Social Science and Medicine
ISSN   : 0277-9536
Volume : 58
Issue  : 6
Date   : Mar-2004

The generational transmission of socioeconomic inequalities in child
cognitive development and emotional health
J.M. Najman, R. Aird, W. Bor, M. O'Callaghan, G.M. Williams, G.J.
Shuttlewood
pp 1147-1158
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Socioeconomic inequalities in the health of adults have been largely
attributed to lifestyle inequalities. The cognitive development (CD) and
emotional health (EH) of the child provides a basis for many of the
health-related behaviours which are observed in adulthood. There has been
relatively little attention paid to the way CD and EH are transmitted in
the foetal and childhood periods, even though these provide a foundation
for subsequent socioeconomic inequalities in adult health.The
Mater-University of Queensland Study of Pregnancy (MUSP) is a large,
prospective, pre-birth cohort study which enrolled 8556 pregnant women at
their first clinic visit over the period 1981-1983. These mothers (and
their children) have been followed up at intervals until 14 years after
the birth.The socioeconomic status of the child was measured using
maternal age, family income, and marital status and the grandfathers'
occupational status. Measures of child CD and child EH were obtained at 5
and 14 years of age. Child smoking at 14 years of age was also
determined.Family income was related to all measures of child CD and EH
and smoking, independently of all other indicators of the socioeconomic
status of the child. In addition, the grandfathers' occupational status
was independently related to child CD (at 5 and 14 years of age). Children
from socioeconomically disadvantaged families (previous generations'
socioeconomic status as well as current socioeconomic status) begin their
lives with a poorer platform of health and a reduced capacity to benefit
from the economic and social advances experienced by the rest of society.

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