Early-life Exposure to Income Inequality and Adolescent Health and Well-being: Evidence from the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children Study

Frank J. Elgar, Candace Currie and Office of Research - Innocenti Unicef

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Abstract: Children and adolescents living in relative poverty – regardless of overall material conditions – tend to experience more interpersonal violence, family turmoil, and environmental hazards that increase risk of injury, engage in more health compromising behaviours (e.g., physical inactivity, poor nutrition, smoking), report lower subjective well-being, and exhibit more social skills deficits and emotional and behavioural problems.

Keywords: adolescents; children; health; health conditions; income distribution (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C42 R2 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 32
Date: 2016
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