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- Title
Health-related quality of life and income-related social mobility in young adults.
- Authors
Brennan, David S; Spencer, A John
- Abstract
<bold>Background: </bold>To assess the association of income-related social mobility between the age of 13 and 30 years on health-related quality of life among young adults.<bold>Methods: </bold>In 1988-89 n = 7,673 South Australian school children aged 13 years were sampled with n = 4,604 children (60.0%) and n = 4,476 parents (58.3%) returning questionnaires. In 2005-06 n = 632 baseline study participants responded (43.0% of those traced and living in Adelaide).<bold>Results: </bold>Multivariate regressions adjusting for sex, tooth brushing and smoking status at age 30 showed that compared to upwardly mobile persons social disadvantage was associated (p < 0.05) with more oral health impact (Coeff = 5.5), lower EQ-VAS health state (Coeff = -5.8), and worse satisfaction with life scores (Coeff = -3.5) at age 30 years, while downward mobility was also associated with lower satisfaction with life scores (Coeff = -1.3).<bold>Conclusions: </bold>Stable income-related socioeconomic disadvantage was associated with more oral health impact, and lower health state and life satisfaction, while being downwardly mobile was associated with lower life satisfaction at age 30 years. Persons who were upwardly mobile were similar in health outcomes to stable advantaged persons.
- Publication
Health & Quality of Life Outcomes, 2014, Vol 12, Issue 1, p52
- ISSN
1477-7525
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1186/1477-7525-12-52