Role of respondents’ education as a mediator and moderator in the association between childhood socio-economic status and later health and wellbeing

摘要

BackgroundMost research assessing the effect of childhood socioeconomic status (CSES) on health in adulthood has focused on cause-specific mortality. Low CSES is associated with mortality from coronary heart disease, lung cancer, and respiratory diseases in adulthood. But little evidence is available on the unique effect of different indicators of CSES on subjective measures of health and wellbeing in adulthood.