Open AccessAssociation Between Social Adaptability Index Score and Lifetime Criminal Legal Involvement in U.S. Adults
Author(s) -
Laura Hawks,
Rebekah J. Walker,
Leonard E. Egede
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
health equity
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.826
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2473-1242
DOI - 10.1089/heq.2021.0110
Subject(s) - quartile , confidence interval , socioeconomic status , medicine , logistic regression , demography , psychological intervention , gerontology , environmental health , population , psychiatry , sociology
Exposure to the criminal legal system is associated with negative health outcomes and profound socioeconomic health disparities. The social adaptability index (SAI) is a validated composite scale based on five indicators of socioeconomic status; a higher score predicts better health outcomes. However, little is known about the relationship between cumulative social risk factors as measured by the SAI and lifetime criminal legal involvement (CLI).