Poverty trajectories and child and mother well-being outcomes in Ireland: findings from an Irish prospective cohort.
J Epidemiol Community Health
; 78(7): 409-416, 2024 06 10.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Poverty is associated with poor outcomes, yet exposure to distinct poverty trajectories in early childhood is not well understood.OBJECTIVE:
To understand the prevalence of different trajectories of household poverty and their association with mid-childhood and mother indicators of physical health and psychopathology in Ireland.METHODS:
We used a nationally representative, prospective cohort (Growing Up in Ireland-Infant Cohort). Household poverty included lowest third income decile, subjective poverty and material deprivation when children were aged 9 months, and 3, 5, 9 years. We used group-based multitrajectory cluster modelling to classify trajectories of poverty. Using multivariable logistic regression, adjusted with separate child and mother confounders, we assessed the association of poverty trajectories from 9 months to 9 years with child outcomes (overweight, any longstanding illness and psychopathology) at age 9 years and the same poverty trajectories over the same 9-year period with mother outcomes (overweight, any longstanding illness and depression).RESULTS:
Of 11 134 participants, 4 trajectories were identified never in poverty (43.1%), material/subjective>monetary poverty (16.1%), monetary>material poverty (25.6%) and persistent poverty (15.2%). Children in persistent poverty compared with those in never in poverty experienced higher odds of being overweight at 9 years (adjusted OR (aOR) 1.70, 95% CI 1.34, 2.16), having a longstanding illness (aOR 1.51, 95% CI 1.20, 1.91), and psychopathology (aOR 2.06, 95% CI 1.42, 2.99). The outcomes for primary parents (99.7% were mothers) were as follows having higher odds of being overweight (aOR 1.49, 95% CI 1.16, 1.92), having a longstanding illness (aOR 2.13, 95% CI 1.63, 2.79), and depression (aOR 3.54, 95% CI 2.54, 4.94).CONCLUSIONS:
Any poverty trajectory was associated with poorer psychopathology and physical well-being in late childhood for children and their mothers in Ireland.Palavras-chave
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01-internacional
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Assunto principal:
Pobreza
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Mães
Limite:
Adult
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Epidemiol Community Health
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J. epidemiol. community health (1979)
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Journal of epidemiology and community health (1979)
Ano de publicação:
2024
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Irlanda