Does childhood disadvantage lead to poorer health in second generation Irish people living in Britain?

生活在英国的第二代爱尔兰人比非爱尔兰人死得更早，精神和身体健康状况更差，尽管几代人的社会阶层有所改善。他们是英国最大的少数民族，但对他们的早期生活经历知之甚少，这可能导致成年后的健康状况不佳。作为第二代爱尔兰人在英国长大的经历对成年人的健康有多大的保护作用或危害作用？第二代爱尔兰人的社会流动性是否更高？如果是的话，与非爱尔兰人相比，这对他们的健康保护是否更少？将对1958年和1970年一周内出生的17,000名婴儿的生命记录进行分析。将分析和比较第二代爱尔兰人和非爱尔兰人之间易患成年心理疾病、慢性病、酗酒、糖尿病、肥胖、高血压和吸烟的早期生活风险因素。这将有望提供爱尔兰人与非爱尔兰英国人相比在早期生活机会方面的差异，以及这如何可能导致更差的成年健康状况。这些发现可能会对卫生和福利机构有用，并可能有助于制定早期干预措施，支持在英国长大的第二代爱尔兰人和其他移民群体。

Second generation Irish people living in Britain die earlier and have poorer mental and physical health than non-Irish people, despite improvements in social class over generations. They are Britain’s largest minority group, yet little is known about their early life experiences which might lead to poor health in adulthood. How far is the experience of growing up as second-generation Irish in Britain protective or harmful for adult health? Are second-generation Irish people more upwardly socially-mobile, and if so, is this less health-protective for them when compared to non-Irish people? Records spanning the lives of 17,000 babies born in a single week in 1958 and 1970, will be analysed. Early life risk factors predisposing to adult psychological illness, chronic illness, alcohol misuse, diabetes, obesity, high blood pressure and smoking, will be analysed and compared between second-generation Irish and non-Irish people. This will hopefully provide insights into how Irish people differ in their early life chances compared with non-Irish British people, and how this might predispose to poorer adult health. The findings will possibly be of use to health and welfare agencies and potentially contribute to the development of early interventions supporting second-generation Irish and other migrant groups growing up in Britain.