Young maternal age at first birth and mental health later in life: Does the association vary by birth cohort?

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 157, Issue , 2016, Pages 9-17

  Aitken, Zoe ^a   Hewitt, Belinda ^b,c   Keogh, Louise ^a   LaMontagne, Anthony D ^a,d   Bentley, Rebecca ^a   Kavanagh, Anne M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Cohort effects; Health disparities; Maternal age; Mental health; Time trends; Women

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; MATERNAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH; YOUNG POPULATION;

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HOUSEHOLD; HOUSING; HUMAN; INFANT; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MENTAL HEALTH; MODEL; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIAL SUPPORT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; AGE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AUSTRALIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AUSTRALIA; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84962429365     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.03.037     Document Type: Article

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