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Associations of hea...
Associations of head circumference at birth with earlylife school performance and later-life occupational prestige
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Dekhtyar, Serhiy (författare)
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- Wang, Hui-Xin (författare)
- Stockholms universitet,Centrum för forskning om äldre och åldrande (ARC), (tills m KI)
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- Scott, Kirk (författare)
- Stockholms universitet,Sociologiska institutionen,Lund University, Sweden
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Goodman, Anna (författare)
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- Koupil, Ilona (författare)
- Stockholms universitet,Centrum för forskning om ojämlikhet i hälsa (CHESS)
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Herlitz, Agneta (författare)
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- 2015-01-29
- 2015
- Engelska.
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Ingår i: Longitudinal and Life Course Studies. - : Bristol University Press. - 1757-9597. ; 6:1, s. 26-42
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Abstract
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- Head circumference at birth has been suggested as a marker of foetal brain development. New-borns with small head size have been shown to have lower intelligence scores in childhood. It is, however, unclear whether this relationship extends into adult life, and more importantly, whether adult status attainment and lifetime success is affected as a result. Furthermore it is unclear how social origin at birth attenuates the relationship between foetal brain development, childhood cognitive outcomes, and lifetime status attainment. Using the Uppsala Birth Cohort Multigenerational Study, a unique population-based database of 14,192 individuals followed from birth into advanced old age, we demonstrate that those born with small head circumference experience reductions in both early-life school performance and lifetime occupational prestige. These effects are not subject to modification by parental social class: small head size at birth is associated with lower grades and lower occupational prestige among individuals born into both advantaged and disadvantaged social classes. Employing causal mediation analysis, we also demonstrate that the link between head circumference at birth and adult occupational prestige is mainly the result of a direct effect, although a portion of this effect is also mediated by early-life school performance which also contributes to occupational attainment trajectories. These findings demonstrate the importance of early-life environments for cognitive development as well as lifetime status attainment.
Ämnesord
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Hälsovetenskap -- Folkhälsovetenskap, global hälsa, socialmedicin och epidemiologi (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Health Sciences -- Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology (hsv//eng)
Nyckelord
- head circumference
- brain development
- childhood cognitive ability
- school grades
- life-time occupational prestige
- life-course
- Sweden
- population-based
- longitudinal
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- ref (ämneskategori)
- art (ämneskategori)
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