Familial instability and young children's physical health
Familial instability and young children's physical health
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DOI：
10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.04.014
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发表时间：
2011-07-01
影响因子：
5.4
通讯作者：
Beck, Audrey N.
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作者：
Bzostek, Sharon H.;Beck, Audrey N.
本文利用最近对美国出生的一组幼儿的纵向数据，这些幼儿的父母大多为未婚父母，以研究日益复杂的家庭不稳定模式与幼儿期身体健康之间的关联。这些分析评估了家庭不稳定与儿童健康之间的关联是否以及如何因多种家庭类型而异。我们考虑了五岁时儿童健康的几种衡量标准（超重/肥胖、哮喘诊断和整体健康状况），并研究了家庭不稳定与儿童健康之间的关联在不同结果之间的差异程度，并取决于任何家庭转变的数量和时间。我们还探讨了家庭不稳定可能影响儿童健康的一些潜在机制。结果表明，家庭不稳定与儿童健康状况恶化有关，特别是对于同居（已婚或同居）亲生父母所生的儿童以及经历高度居住不稳定的儿童。 (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. 保留所有权利。
This paper uses recent longitudinal data about a cohort of young children born in the United States to mostly unmarried parents to examine the association between increasingly-complex patterns of family instability and physical health in early childhood. The analyses assess whether, and how, the association between family instability and child health varies across a number of family types. We consider several measures of children's health at age five (overweight/obesity, asthma diagnosis and overall health) and examine to what extent the association between family instability and child health varies across outcomes and depends on the number and timing of any familial transitions. We also explore a number of potential mechanisms through which family instability may affect child health. The results suggest that familial instability is related to worse child health, particularly among children born to coresident (married or cohabiting) biological parents and for children who experience high levels of residential instability. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.