Small for gestational age and adulthood risk of disability pension: The contribution of childhood and adulthood conditions

Jonas Helgertz and Denny Vågerö

Social Science & Medicine, 2014, vol. 119, issue C, 249-257

Abstract: Early exiting from the labor force and into disability pension (DP) represents a major social problem in Sweden and elsewhere. We examined how being asymmetric (A-SGA) or symmetric (S-SGA) small for gestational age predicts transitioning into DP.

Keywords: Disability pension; In-utero conditions; Childhood social conditions; Sweden; 1991–2009; Cox proportional hazards (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.11.052

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