Associations between Socio-Economic Status and Unfavorable Social Indicators of Child Wellbeing; a Neighbourhood Level Data Design

Autor: Minke R. C. van Minde, Marlou L. A. de Kroon, Meertien K. Sijpkens, Loes C.M. Bertens, Hein Raat, Eric A.P. Steegers
Přispěvatelé: Obstetrics & Gynecology, Public Health, Public Health Research (PHR)
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
Předmět:
STRESS
Adolescent
Health
Toxicology and Mutagenesis
media_common.quotation_subject
socio-economic status
delinquent youth
Environmental Sciences & Ecology
Interpersonal communication
Article
Child health
Neighbourhood level
SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
Residence Characteristics
Data design
Economic Status
Humans
Child
Socioeconomic status
Neighbourhood (mathematics)
media_common
Public
Environmental & Occupational Health
OUTCOMES
Science & Technology
Child Health
Public Health
Environmental and Occupational Health
deprived neighbourhoods
social sciences
CONTEXT
Social Class
Socioeconomic Factors
families on welfare
MOBILITY
unemployed youth
Medicine
population characteristics
child wellbeing
Social indicators
Psychology
Welfare
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
MENTAL-HEALTH
Environmental Sciences
Demography
Zdroj: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(23):12661. Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health; Volume 18; Issue 23; Pages: 12661
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 18, Iss 12661, p 12661 (2021)
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(23):12661. MDPI AG
ISSN: 1661-7827
Popis: Background: Living in deprivation is related to ill health. Differences in health outcomes between neighbourhoods may be attributed to neighbourhood socio-economic status (SES). Additional to differences in health, neighbourhood differences in child wellbeing could also be attributed to neighbourhood SES. Therefore, we aimed to investigate the association between neighbourhood deprivation, and social indicators of child wellbeing. Methods: Aggregated data from 3565 neighbourhoods in 390 municipalities in the Netherlands were eligible for analysis. Neighbourhood SES scores and neighbourhood data on social indicators of child wellbeing were used to perform repeated measurements, with one year measurement intervals, over a period of 11 years. Linear mixed models were used to estimate the associations between SES score and the proportion of unfavorable social indicators of child wellbeing. Results: After adjustment for year, population size, and clustering within neighbourhoods and within a municipality, neighbourhood SES was inversely associated with the proportion of ‘children living in families on welfare’ (estimates with two cubic splines: −3.59 [CI: −3.99; −3.19], and −3.00 [CI: −3.33; −2.67]), ‘delinquent youth’ (estimate −0.26 [CI: −0.30; −0.23]) and ‘unemployed youth’ (estimates with four cubic splines: −0.41 [CI: −0.57; −0.25], −0.58 [CI: −0.73; −0.43], −1.35 [−1.70; −1.01], and −0.96 [1.24; −0.70]). Conclusions: In this study using repeated measurements, a lower neighbourhood SES was significantly associated with a higher prevalence of unfavorable social indicators of child wellbeing. This contributes to the body of evidence that neighbourhood SES is strongly related to child health and a child’s ability to reach its full potential in later life. Future studies should consist of larger longitudinal datasets, potentially across countries, and should attempt to take the interpersonal variation into account with more individual-level data on SES and outcomes.
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