Journal article
The consequences of household composition and household change for Indigenous health: evidence from eight waves of the Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children (LSIC)
Belinda Hewitt, Maggie Walter
Health Sociology Review | Taylor & Francis (Routledge) | Published : 2021
Abstract
Households are important health contexts, providing social, emotional, financial and material support, but little is known about the role of household composition in the social etiology of Indigenous health. Our research is framed by an Indigenous standpoint, using eight waves of data from the Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children. We investigated whether household composition and change in household composition were associated with the self-reported general health of Indigenous children and their mothers, adjusting for socioeconomic, household structure and social support factors. Our measure of household composition comprised eight groups differentiating lone and couple parents, living..
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Awarded by Australian Research Council
Funding Acknowledgements
This research was supported by funding from the Australian Research Council under the grants FT140100861 and LP160100111.