The impact of childhood and adult SES on physical, mental, and cognitive well-being in later life.

By Ye Luo, L. Waite. The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences, 2005

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More than a feeling: A unified view of stress measurement for population science (2018, background): “Results from the nationally representative Health and Retirement Study (HRS) show that lower SES during both childhood and adulthood predict worse self-rated health, greater chronic conditions in later life (Luo and Waite, 2005), and increased mortality (Galobardes et al., 2004; Nandi et al., 2014).”
Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise: Socioeconomic Status, Poor Health in Childhood, and Human Capital Development (2009, positive): “Maluccio et al. (2006) follow the same children into adulthood and show effects on completed education.”
A Longitudinal Study of Social Status, Perceived Discrimination, and Physical and Emotional Health Among Older Adults (2012, background): “Individuals with disadvantaged statuses have overall poorer physical and emotional health (Alwin & Wray 2005; Luo & Waite 2005; Marmot et al., 2008).”
Social Inequality and Health Across the Life Course (2013, background): “Data availability has limited comparisons across health outcomes, but there is also growing evidence that the nature of these paths vary substantially across health outcomes (Luo & Waite, 2005).”