Open AccessMoving up matters: Socioeconomic mobility prospectively predicts better physical health.
Author(s) -
Jenny M. Cundiff,
Jennifer Morozink Boylan,
Dustin Pardini,
Karen A. Matthews
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
health psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.548
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1930-7810
pISSN - 0278-6133
DOI - 10.1037/hea0000473
Subject(s) - socioeconomic status , overweight , body mass index , demography , life course approach , gerontology , medicine , psychology , developmental psychology , population , environmental health , pathology , sociology
Low socioeconomic status (SES) in childhood confers risk for poor physical health later in life. This study prospectively examines whether improvements in family SES protect youth from developing physical health problems by adulthood and whether such effects differ by race or age.