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Poverty, socio-economic position, social capital and the health of children and adolescents with intellectual disabilities in Britain: a replication

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Poverty, socio-economic position, social capital and the health of children and adolescents with intellectual disabilities in Britain: a replication. / Emerson, E.; Hatton, C.
In: Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, Vol. 51, 11.2007, p. 866-874.

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@article{484ebbc65980491ebd19f76651d0729f,
title = "Poverty, socio-economic position, social capital and the health of children and adolescents with intellectual disabilities in Britain: a replication",
abstract = "Background When compared with their nonintellectually disabled peers, people with intellectual disabilities (IDs) have poorer health and are more likely to be exposed to poverty during childhood. Given that exposure to child poverty has been linked to poorer health outcomes, we attempted to estimate the extent to which the health inequalities faced by children and adolescents with IDs may be accounted for by their more disadvantaged socio-economic position.Methods Secondary analysis of data on a nationally representative sample of 12 160 British children aged under 17 years extracted from the Department of Work and Pensions' Families and Children Study.Results After controlling for age and sex, children with IDs were significantly more likely (corrected odds ratio = 2.49) to be reported to have less than good health than their nonintellectually disabled peers. However, 31% of the elevated risk for poorer health was accounted for by between-group differences in socio-economic position and social capital.Conclusions A socially and statistically significant proportion of the increased risk of poorer health among children and adolescents with IDs may be attributed to their increased risk of socio-economic disadvantage.",
keywords = "adolescents, children, health, socio-economic position, MENTAL-RETARDATION, PEOPLE, INEQUALITIES, ADULTS, CARE, DISPARITIES, DEMOGRAPHY, FAMILIES",
author = "E. Emerson and C. Hatton",
year = "2007",
month = nov,
language = "English",
volume = "51",
pages = "866--874",
journal = "Journal of Intellectual Disability Research",
issn = "0964-2633",
publisher = "Blackwell Publishing Ltd",

}

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TY - JOUR

T1 - Poverty, socio-economic position, social capital and the health of children and adolescents with intellectual disabilities in Britain: a replication

AU - Emerson, E.

AU - Hatton, C.

PY - 2007/11

Y1 - 2007/11

N2 - Background When compared with their nonintellectually disabled peers, people with intellectual disabilities (IDs) have poorer health and are more likely to be exposed to poverty during childhood. Given that exposure to child poverty has been linked to poorer health outcomes, we attempted to estimate the extent to which the health inequalities faced by children and adolescents with IDs may be accounted for by their more disadvantaged socio-economic position.Methods Secondary analysis of data on a nationally representative sample of 12 160 British children aged under 17 years extracted from the Department of Work and Pensions' Families and Children Study.Results After controlling for age and sex, children with IDs were significantly more likely (corrected odds ratio = 2.49) to be reported to have less than good health than their nonintellectually disabled peers. However, 31% of the elevated risk for poorer health was accounted for by between-group differences in socio-economic position and social capital.Conclusions A socially and statistically significant proportion of the increased risk of poorer health among children and adolescents with IDs may be attributed to their increased risk of socio-economic disadvantage.

AB - Background When compared with their nonintellectually disabled peers, people with intellectual disabilities (IDs) have poorer health and are more likely to be exposed to poverty during childhood. Given that exposure to child poverty has been linked to poorer health outcomes, we attempted to estimate the extent to which the health inequalities faced by children and adolescents with IDs may be accounted for by their more disadvantaged socio-economic position.Methods Secondary analysis of data on a nationally representative sample of 12 160 British children aged under 17 years extracted from the Department of Work and Pensions' Families and Children Study.Results After controlling for age and sex, children with IDs were significantly more likely (corrected odds ratio = 2.49) to be reported to have less than good health than their nonintellectually disabled peers. However, 31% of the elevated risk for poorer health was accounted for by between-group differences in socio-economic position and social capital.Conclusions A socially and statistically significant proportion of the increased risk of poorer health among children and adolescents with IDs may be attributed to their increased risk of socio-economic disadvantage.

KW - adolescents

KW - children

KW - health

KW - socio-economic position

KW - MENTAL-RETARDATION

KW - PEOPLE

KW - INEQUALITIES

KW - ADULTS

KW - CARE

KW - DISPARITIES

KW - DEMOGRAPHY

KW - FAMILIES

M3 - Journal article

VL - 51

SP - 866

EP - 874

JO - Journal of Intellectual Disability Research

JF - Journal of Intellectual Disability Research

SN - 0964-2633

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