Multigenerational inequalities of opportunity in health outcomes

This paper studies multigenerational health transmission mechanisms in Australian panel data. Using inequality-of-opportunity (IOP) models, we demonstrate that grandparental socioeconomic status (SES) is an important determinant of personal health, even after controlling for health and SES at the pa...

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Published inInternational journal for equity in health Vol. 23; no. 1; pp. 140 - 12
Main Authors Balasooriya, Namal N, Bandara, Jayatilleke S, Rohde, Nicholas
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England BioMed Central Ltd 10.07.2024
BioMed Central
BMC
Subjects
Adult
Aged
Analysis
Australia
Behavior
Biological markers
Biomarkers
Body mass index
Care and treatment
Children
Children’s health
Demographic aspects
Diagnosis
Econometrics
Economic aspects
Economic conditions
Ethnicity
Familial diseases
Families & family life
Fathers
Female
Genetic aspects
Grandparents
Health
Health aspects
Health behavior
Health behaviours
Health outcomes
Health Status Disparities
Humans
Income distribution
Inequality
Inequality of opportunity
Intergenerational Relations
Male
Mental health
Middle Aged
Multigenerational inequality
Panel data
Parenting
Parents & parenting
Social aspects
Social Class
Social classes
Socioeconomic Factors
Socioeconomic status
Socioeconomics
Variables
Well being
Australia
Health behaviours
Multigenerational inequality
Health outcomes
Inequality of opportunity
Social class
Children’s health
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Summary:This paper studies multigenerational health transmission mechanisms in Australian panel data. Using inequality-of-opportunity (IOP) models, we demonstrate that grandparental socioeconomic status (SES) is an important determinant of personal health, even after controlling for health and SES at the parental level. Our findings hold over a range of health/biomarkers of individuals' physical and mental well-being and appear to be especially sensitive to educational outcomes on the father's side. Since ingrained socioeconomic (dis)advantages that persist over multiple generations may be indicative of social class, our results suggest that subtle attitudinal and behavioural characteristics associated with this variable may be a key factor driving health disparities.
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ISSN:1475-9276
1475-9276
DOI:10.1186/s12939-024-02144-0