Joint exposure to parental cancer and income loss during childhood and the child's socioeconomic position in early adulthood: a Danish and Norwegian register-based cohort study
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Joint exposure to parental cancer and income loss during childhood and the child's socioeconomic position in early adulthood : a Danish and Norwegian register-based cohort study. / Klinte, Mathilde; Hermansen, Åsmund; Andersen, Anne-Marie Nybo; Urhoj, Stine Kjaer.
In: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, Vol. 77, No. 2, 2023.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Joint exposure to parental cancer and income loss during childhood and the child's socioeconomic position in early adulthood
T2 - a Danish and Norwegian register-based cohort study
AU - Klinte, Mathilde
AU - Hermansen, Åsmund
AU - Andersen, Anne-Marie Nybo
AU - Urhoj, Stine Kjaer
N1 - © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2022. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - BACKGROUND: Parental cancer as well as economic hardship in the family during childhood can affect the child negatively. Our aim was to examine the association between the joint exposure to parental cancer and income loss in childhood and the child's socioeconomic position in early adulthood.METHODS: We conducted a register-based prospective cohort study of children born in Denmark between 1978 and 1986 and in Norway between 1979 and 1987. The children were followed from 1 January 1994 (in Denmark) or 1995 (in Norway). Educational level and personal income were measured at age 30 years. Children who experienced parental cancer between the years they turned 8 and 16 years were identified, and exposure to income loss was measured in the same period. Adjusted multinomial logistic regression model was used to estimate relative risk ratios for the joint exposure of parental cancer and income loss during childhood.RESULTS: Children who experienced parental cancer and an income loss during childhood had an increased risk of low education and lower income at age 30 years. The associations were weaker for children only exposed to income loss and less clear for those only exposed to parental cancer. Further, exposure to parental cancer with a severe cancer type was associated with lower educational level.CONCLUSION: The child's educational attainment and income level in early adulthood were negatively affected by exposure to income loss in childhood, and even more so if exposed to both parental cancer and income loss. The associations with educational attainment were stronger for more severe cancer types.
AB - BACKGROUND: Parental cancer as well as economic hardship in the family during childhood can affect the child negatively. Our aim was to examine the association between the joint exposure to parental cancer and income loss in childhood and the child's socioeconomic position in early adulthood.METHODS: We conducted a register-based prospective cohort study of children born in Denmark between 1978 and 1986 and in Norway between 1979 and 1987. The children were followed from 1 January 1994 (in Denmark) or 1995 (in Norway). Educational level and personal income were measured at age 30 years. Children who experienced parental cancer between the years they turned 8 and 16 years were identified, and exposure to income loss was measured in the same period. Adjusted multinomial logistic regression model was used to estimate relative risk ratios for the joint exposure of parental cancer and income loss during childhood.RESULTS: Children who experienced parental cancer and an income loss during childhood had an increased risk of low education and lower income at age 30 years. The associations were weaker for children only exposed to income loss and less clear for those only exposed to parental cancer. Further, exposure to parental cancer with a severe cancer type was associated with lower educational level.CONCLUSION: The child's educational attainment and income level in early adulthood were negatively affected by exposure to income loss in childhood, and even more so if exposed to both parental cancer and income loss. The associations with educational attainment were stronger for more severe cancer types.
U2 - 10.1136/jech-2022-219374
DO - 10.1136/jech-2022-219374
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 36539280
VL - 77
JO - Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health
JF - Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health
SN - 0143-005X
IS - 2
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ID: 330193270