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Trajectories of Socioeconomic Status Across Children's Lifetime Predict Health


  Author: Edith Chen, Andrew D. Martin, Karen A. Matthews
Publisher: American Academy of Pediatrics
Publication: Pediatrics Vol. 120, No. 2
Document Date:                  August 2007
Category: Family Economics > Standard of Living
Related Categories:
Children > Child Welfare
Children > Economic Factors Influencing
Family Economics > Socio-economic Status
 

This study found an association between family income and children's health.  The study found that children with lower socioeconomic status, especially during their first five years of life, were more likely to have a condition that limited their activity and also more likely to see a doctor about a condition by the time they were 10 or 11. 

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