Childhood social circumstances and health behaviour in midlife: the Metropolit 1953 Danish male birth cohort | Zendy

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Childhood social circumstances and health behaviour in midlife: the Metropolit 1953 Danish male birth cohort

Author(s) -

Merete Osler,

Nína Skavlan Godtfredsen,

Eva Prescott

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

international journal of epidemiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406

H-Index - 208

eISSN - 1464-3685

pISSN - 0300-5771

DOI - 10.1093/ije/dyn115

Subject(s) - social class , psychology , danish , life course approach , cohort , gerontology , cohort study , cognition , socioeconomic status , developmental psychology , demography , medicine , population , psychiatry , sociology , philosophy , linguistics , pathology , political science , law

It has been suggested that the association between social disadvantage in childhood and adult mortality could come about through processes related to the family environment in which the child is raised. This study examines the relationship of fathers' social class with health behaviour in middle age and assesses the potential mediating role of cognitive function, educational status and social integration in young adulthood in these relationships.

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