Inequalities in the Distribution of Childhood Adversity From Birth to 11 Years

M O'Connor; N Slopen; L Becares; D Burgner; DR Williams; N Priest

Journal article

Inequalities in the Distribution of Childhood Adversity From Birth to 11 Years

M O'Connor, N Slopen, L Becares, D Burgner, DR Williams, N Priest

Academic Pediatrics | ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC | Published : 2020

DOI: 10.1016/j.acap.2019.12.004

Abstract

Objective: Exposure to early adversity carries long term harmful consequences for children's health and development. This study aims to 1) estimate the prevalence of childhood adversity for Australian children from infancy to 10–11 years, and 2) document inequalities in the distribution of adversity according to socioeconomic position (SEP), Indigenous status, and ethnicity. Methods: Adversity was assessed every 2 years from 0–1 to 10–11 years in the nationally representative birth cohort of the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (N = 5107). Adversity included legal problems; family violence; household mental illness; household substance abuse; harsh parenting; parental separation/div..

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University of Melbourne Researchers

Meredith O'Connor Author

David Burgner Author

Naomi Priest Author

Grants

Awarded by Australian Institute of Family Studies

Funding Acknowledgements

Naomi Priest is supported by a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Career Development Fellowship (APP1123677). The funding body had no role in the study design, collection, analysis and interpretation of data; writing of the report; or the decision to submit the article for publication.