The impact of parental employment trajectories on the children’s early adulthood education and employment trajectories in the Finnish birth cohort 1987

Population-health research has neglected differentiation within postsecondary educational attainments. This gap is critical to understanding health inequality because college experience with no degree, vocational/technical certificates, and associate degrees may affect health differently. We examine health across detailed postsecondary attainment levels. We analyze data on 14,750 respondents in Waves I and IV of the nationally representative Add Health panel spanning adolescence to ages 26 to 34. Multivariate regression and counterfactual approaches to minimize the impact of confounders estimate multiple health outcomes across postsecondary attainment levels. Compared to high school diplomas, we find significant returns to bachelor’s degrees for most health outcomes and smaller but largely significant returns to associate degrees. In contrast, adults with some college but no degree or with vocational/technical certificates do not have better physical health than high school graduates. Our findings highlight the stark differentiation within higher education as reflected by the disparate health outcomes in early adulthood.

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THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND VERTEBRAL DIMENSION CHANGE IN EARLY ADULTHOOD – THE NORTHERN FINLAND BIRTH COHORT 1986 STUDY

Bone Reports ◽

10.1016/j.bonr.2021.101060 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 101060

Author(s):

Autio Elsi ◽

Oura Petteri ◽

Karppinen Jaro ◽

Paananen Markus ◽

Junno Juho-Antti ◽

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Keyword(s):

Physical Activity ◽

Birth Cohort ◽

Early Adulthood ◽

Dimension Change

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Attentional Control Ten Years Post-Childhood Traumatic Brain Injury: The Impact of Lesion Presence, Location, and Severity in Adolescence and Early Adulthood

Journal of Neurotrauma ◽

10.1089/neu.2013.3101 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 31 (8) ◽

pp. 713-721 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Janine M. Cooper ◽

Cathy Catroppa ◽

Miriam H. Beauchamp ◽

Serem Eren ◽

Celia Godfrey ◽

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Keyword(s):

Traumatic Brain Injury ◽

Brain Injury ◽

Attentional Control ◽

Early Adulthood ◽

The Impact

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Child and adolescent externalizing behavior and cannabis use disorders in early adulthood: An Australian prospective birth cohort study

Addictive Behaviors ◽

10.1016/j.addbeh.2007.10.004 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 33 (3) ◽

pp. 422-438 ◽

Cited By ~ 42

Author(s):

Mohammad R. Hayatbakhsh ◽

Tara R. McGee ◽

William Bor ◽

Jake M. Najman ◽

Konrad Jamrozik ◽

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Keyword(s):

Cohort Study ◽

Birth Cohort ◽

Externalizing Behavior ◽

Early Adulthood ◽

Child And Adolescent ◽

Cannabis Use ◽

Birth Cohort Study ◽

Cannabis Use Disorders ◽

Prospective Birth Cohort ◽

Prospective Birth Cohort Study

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Secret Shame—Male Infertility and Donor Conception in the Wake of Retrospective Legislative Change

Men and Masculinities ◽

10.1177/1097184x211038329 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1097184X2110383

Author(s):

Barbara Cosson ◽

Deborah Dempsey ◽

Fiona Kelly

Keyword(s):

Emotional Labor ◽

Early Adulthood ◽

Friendship Networks ◽

Male Factor ◽

Perceived Vulnerability ◽

Donor Conception ◽

Infertile Men ◽

Secret Keeping ◽

Age Range ◽

The Impact

Historically, sperm donation was shrouded in secrecy to protect the normative family and the perceived vulnerability of infertile men. However, openness about donor conception is increasingly encouraged, in acknowledging that donor-conceived people may benefit from having access to information about their biogenetic origins. Since 2017 in the state of Victoria, Australia, donor-conceived people have been able to access previously anonymous donor records. Drawing on interviews with 17 donor-conceived adults who have come to know their donor through the new laws, this article explores the impact of finding out about the donor on relationships with mothers and fathers, and points to the persistent effects of stigma and shame about donor conception within families. Most of the donor-conceived participants were told about their donor conception in early adulthood. The age range for time of disclosure was mid-teens to early 40s. Most reported that their fathers did not want them to know. In some cases, mothers had disclosed, but sworn them to secrecy. Sensitivity to fathers’ feelings fostered a desire among participants to maintain secrecy about his infertility, especially in relation to wider family and friendship networks. Our findings revealed that secrecy about men’s infertility is heavily reliant on women’s emotional labor to protect ageing infertile fathers’ sense of manhood. Coupled with fathers’ overt resistance to openness, intergenerational secret keeping is perpetuated in families. Laws supporting openness potentially exacerbate the historical stigma associated with male factor infertility in a culture that continues to conflate virility, fertility, and masculinity.

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The Study of Asian Women and their Offspring’s Development and Environmental Exposures (SAWASDEE): A northern Thailand birth cohort study (Preprint)

10.2196/preprints.31696 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Dana Barr ◽

Nancy Fiedler ◽

Tippawan Prapamontol ◽

Panrapee Suttiwan ◽

Warangkana Naksen ◽

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Keyword(s):

Cohort Study ◽

Birth Cohort ◽

Prenatal Exposure ◽

Environmental Exposures ◽

World Health ◽

Birth Cohort Study ◽

Asian Women ◽

Northern Thailand ◽

Prospective Longitudinal ◽

The Impact

BACKGROUND Prenatal exposure to pesticides have been linked to adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes. Gaps exist in the current literature about the timing and magnitude of exposures that result in these adverse outcomes. OBJECTIVE The Study of Asian Women and their Offspring’s Development and Environmental Exposures (SAWASDEE) Cohort was established to investigate the impact of prenatal exposure to pesticides on neurodevelopment during infancy and early childhood in northern Thailand. METHODS Recruitment of this prospective, longitudinal birth cohort began in July 2017 and was completed in June 2019 in Chom Thong and Fang, two farming districts in Chiang Mai Province in northern Thailand. Follow up of the study participants is on-going. During pregnancy, seven questionnaires were administered. Time-resolved biospecimen samples were collected monthly (for urine) and during each trimester (for blood) at antenatal care visits. Medical records were abstracted. Infants were administered the NICU Network Neurobehavioral Scale (NNNS) test at one month of age. We will complete a number of additional exposure related analyses. RESULTS A total of 1298 women were screened and of those 394 women were enrolled. The mean gestational age at enrollment was 9.9 weeks (STD = 2.6). Differences in literacy were observed between Chom Thong and Fang participants. In Fang about 51% reported being able to read in Thai compared to about 95% in Chom Thong. The percentages were comparable for reporting to be able to write in Thai. A total of 322 mother-child pairs completed the NNNS. CONCLUSIONS This longitudinal birth cohort study will inform risk assessment standards for pregnant women in Thailand and other countries. Building awareness of how insecticide exposure during specific windows of pregnancy affects the neurodevelopmental trajectories of children in developing countries is a specific need recognized by the World Health Organization.

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Breastfeeding, maternal asthma and wheezing in the first year of life: a longitudinal birth cohort study

European Respiratory Journal ◽

10.1183/13993003.02019-2016 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 49 (5) ◽

pp. 1602019 ◽

Cited By ~ 19

Author(s):

Meghan B. Azad ◽

Lorena Vehling ◽

Zihang Lu ◽

David Dai ◽

Padmaja Subbarao ◽

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Keyword(s):

Birth Cohort ◽

Respiratory Health ◽

Birth Cohort Study ◽

P Value ◽

First Year ◽

Dependent Manner ◽

Complementary Foods ◽

Adjusted Rate ◽

First Year Of Life ◽

The Impact

The impact of breastfeeding on respiratory health is uncertain, particularly when the mother has asthma. We examined the association of breastfeeding and wheezing in the first year of life.We studied 2773 infants from the Canadian Healthy Infant Longitudinal Development (CHILD) birth cohort. Caregivers reported on infant feeding and wheezing episodes at 3, 6 and 12 months. Breastfeeding was classified as exclusive, partial (supplemented with formula or complementary foods) or none.Overall, 21% of mothers had asthma, 46% breastfed for at least 12 months and 21% of infants experienced wheezing. Among mothers with asthma, breastfeeding was inversely associated with infant wheezing, independent of maternal smoking, education and other risk factors (adjusted rate ratio (aRR) 0.52; 95% CI 0.35–0.77 for ≥12 versus <6 months breastfeeding). Compared with no breastfeeding at 6 months, wheezing was reduced by 62% with exclusive breastfeeding (aRR 0.38; 95% CI 0.20–0.71) and by 37% with partial breastfeeding supplemented with complementary foods (aRR 0.63; 95% CI 0.43–0.93); however, breastfeeding was not significantly protective when supplemented with formula (aRR 0.89; 95% CI 0.61–1.30). Associations were not significant in the absence of maternal asthma (p-value for interaction <0.01).Breastfeeding appears to confer protection against wheezing in a dose-dependent manner among infants born to mothers with asthma.

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Modelling the impact of alternative educational qualifications on the New Zealand higher education system

10.14742/ascilite2020.0141 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Stephen Marshall

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

New Zealand ◽

Education System ◽

Historical Data ◽

Social Phenomena ◽

Agent Based ◽

Higher Education System ◽

Agent Based Modelling ◽

Education And Employment ◽

The Impact

Agent-based modelling provides a mechanism by which complex social phenomena can simulated in order to identify how particular features arise from causes such as demographics, human preferences and their interaction with policy settings. The NetLogo environment has been used to implement a simulation of the New Zealand higher education system, using historical data to calibrate model settings to mirror those of the real-world system. This simulation is used to explore how the introduction of an alternative qualification and education paradigm might disrupt established patterns of education and employment.

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Impact of Cleft lip and Palate on Mother-to-Infant Bonding: a Cross-Sectional Study in the Japan Environment and Children's Study

10.21203/rs.2.13306/v1 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Shinobu Tsuchiya ◽

Masahiro Tsuchiya ◽

Haruki Momma ◽

Takeyoshi Koseki ◽

Kaoru Igarashi ◽

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Keyword(s):

Cohort Study ◽

Maternal Depression ◽

Birth Cohort ◽

Maternal Age ◽

Cleft Lip ◽

Advanced Age ◽

Psychological Status ◽

Birth Cohort Study ◽

Increased Risk ◽

The Impact

Abstract Background Cleft lip and/or palate (CL/P) is among the most prevalent congenital birth defects. They negatively affect maternal psychological status and may consequently result in higher prevalence of child maltreatment. However, the association of CL/P births with bonding disorders still remains unclear. To address this question, we examined the impact of CL/P birth on mother-to-infant bonding, using the nationwide birth cohort study, Japan Environment and Children's Study. Methods This study was conducted as a nationwide birth cohort study of the Japan environment and children’s study (JECS), an ongoing nationwide birth cohort study in Japan. 104,065 of foetuses in fifteen regional centres in JECS were enrolled. Finally, the participants consisted of 79,140 mother-infant pairs, of which 211 mothers with CL/P infants were included in our analyses. Results First, no increased risk of bonding disorders was observed among all the mothers with CL/P births (odds ratio [95% CI]; 0.97 [0.63-1.48], p = 0.880), and advanced maternal age or multiple parity would adversely affect the associations between bonding disorders and CL/P births, respectively. Thus, after stratification with a combination of maternal age and parity, a significant association of CL/P birth with bonding disorders was found only among advanced-age multiparae (OR [95% CI] = 2.51 [1.17-5.37], p = 0.018), but it was weakened after additional adjustment for maternal depression. Conclusion CL/P birth may increase the risk of bonding disorders among advanced-age multiparae possibly through maternal depression. This finding provides valuable information for the provision of multidisciplinary cleft care.

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