Path modeling of children's life outcomes: the 1987 Finnish Birth Cohort.
Aim: Socioeconomic marginalization and inequalities in well-being and health in adults have been shown to be rooted in the early childhood experience. In particular, childhood poverty and parental income may influence children's well-being in multiple and diverse ways, as it is known that parental p...
| Published in: | Journal of Public Health: From Theory to Practice (2198-1833) Vol. 27; no. 6; pp. 761 - 770 |
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