Health and social outcomes among children in low-income families and families receiving social assistance-A Swedish national cohort study

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 14-30

  Weitoft, Gunilla Ringbäck ^a   Hjern, Anders ^a,b   Batljan, Ilija ^c,d   Vinnerljung, Bo ^a,e  

^a CENTRE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d Ministry of Health and Social Affairs   (Sweden)

^e NATIONAL BOARD OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Child health and development; Children; Health inequalities; Longitudinal; Poverty; Social assistance; Sweden

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEALTH STATUS; LOW INCOME POPULATION; POVERTY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; DRUG MISUSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; REGISTER; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; POVERTY; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; RISK-TAKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDE; SWEDEN;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 36348930538     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.07.031     Document Type: Article

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