Quon Elizabeth C, McGrath Jennifer J
Community Mental Health, IWK Health Centre and Department of Psychology, Concordia University
Community Mental Health, IWK Health Centre and Department of Psychology, Concordia University.
J Pediatr Psychol. 2015 Mar;40(2):251-61. doi: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsu089. Epub 2014 Oct 15.
To examine the effects of provincial income inequality (disparity between rich and poor), independent of provincial income and family socioeconomic status, on multiple adolescent health outcomes.
Participants (aged 12-17 years; N = 11,899) were from the Canadian National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth. Parental education, household income, province income inequality, and province mean income were measured. Health outcomes were measured across a number of domains, including self-rated health, mental health, health behaviors, substance use behaviors, and physical health.
Income inequality was associated with injuries, general physical symptoms, and limiting conditions, but not associated with most adolescent health outcomes and behaviors. Income inequality had a moderating effect on family socioeconomic status for limiting conditions, hyperactivity/inattention, and conduct problems, but not for other outcomes.
Province-level income inequality was associated with some physical and mental health outcomes in adolescents, which has research and policy implications for this age-group.
探讨省级收入不平等(贫富差距)独立于省级收入和家庭社会经济地位对青少年多种健康结局的影响。
参与者(年龄在12 - 17岁;N = 11,899)来自加拿大儿童和青少年全国纵向调查。测量了父母教育程度、家庭收入、省级收入不平等和省级平均收入。在多个领域测量了健康结局,包括自评健康、心理健康、健康行为、物质使用行为和身体健康。
收入不平等与伤害、一般身体症状和限制条件相关,但与大多数青少年健康结局和行为无关。收入不平等对限制条件、多动/注意力不集中和行为问题的家庭社会经济地位有调节作用,但对其他结局没有。
省级收入不平等与青少年的一些身心健康结局相关,这对该年龄组具有研究和政策意义。