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Does losing a parent early influence the education you obtain? A nationwide cohort study in Denmark.
- Source :
- Journal of Public Health; Jun2019, Vol. 41 Issue 2, p296-304, 9p
- Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- Background Health inequalities are rooted in education and we investigate the association between early parental death and attainment across the educational spectrum. Methods Using total population data on Danes born between 1982 and 2000 (n = 1 043 813), we assess incidence rate ratios (RRs) by gender for attainment of each educational level (basic school, high school or vocational training, bachelor degree or professional programme, and university graduate degree) according to loss of a parent before the age of 18 years. We adjust for family income, education and psychiatric illness and examine parent's gender, cause of death and child's age at time of death as potential moderators. Results Bereaved people had significantly lower attainment rates than non-bereaved people: basic school (RR = 0.95; 95% CI: 0.93–0.97 for men and 0.96; 0.94–0.98 for women), high school or vocational training (0.78; 0.76–0.80 for men and 0.82; 0.80–0.84 for women), bachelor degree or professional programme (0.74; 0.70–0.79 for men and 0.83; 0.79–0.86 for women) and university graduate degree (0.77; 0.68–0.86 for men and 0.77; 0.69–0.86 for women). Parent's gender, cause of death and child's age at the death did not modify the associations. Conclusions As education impacts population health, support for bereaved school children may be more important than realized. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- AGE distribution
BEREAVEMENT
COMPARATIVE studies
CONFIDENCE intervals
CAUSES of death
EMPLOYMENT
FATHERS
LONGITUDINAL method
MOTHERS
PARENTAL death
PSYCHOSES
RESEARCH funding
SEX distribution
VOCATIONAL education
ECONOMIC status
SOCIOECONOMIC factors
UNDERGRADUATE programs
EDUCATIONAL attainment
RELATIVE medical risk
DISEASE incidence
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
ODDS ratio
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 17413842
- Volume :
- 41
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Public Health
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 137647936
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdy070