期刊
SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE
卷 105, 期 -, 页码 67-75出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.01.011
关键词
Childhood; Peer status; Cohort; Life course; Outcome profiles; Living conditions; Latent class analysis; Sweden
资金
- Swedish Research Council
- Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare
Within the school-class context, children attain a social position in the peer hierarchy to which varying amounts of status are attached. Studies have shown that peer status i.e. the degree of acceptance and likeability among classmates is associated with adult health. However, these studies have generally paid little attention to the fact that health problems are likely to coincide with other adverse circumstances within the individual. The overarching aim of the current study was therefore to examine the impact of childhood peer status on the clustering of social, economic, and health-related circumstances in adulthood. Using a 1953 cohort born in Stockholm, Sweden (n = 14,294), four outcome profiles in adulthood were identified by means of latent class analysis: 'Average', 'Low education', 'Unemployment', and 'Social assistance recipiency and mental health problems'. Multinomial regression analysis demonstrated that those with lower peer status had exceedingly higher risks of later ending up in the more adverse clusters. This association remained after adjusting for a variety of family-related and individual factors. We conclude that peer status constitutes a central aspect of children's upbringing with important consequences for life chances. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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