Role of childhood health in the explanation of socioeconomic inequalities in early adult health

摘要

Conclusions-Childhood health contrib- utes to the explanation of socioeconomic inequalities sin early adult health. Al- though this contribution is not very large, it cannot be ignored and has to be interpreted largely in terms of selection on health. Study objective-To examine the contri- Bution of childhood health to the explana- Tion of socioeconomic inequalities in Health in early adult life. Design-Retrospective data were sued. Which were obtained from a postal survey In the baseline of a prospective cohort Study (the Longitudinal Study on Socio- Economic Health Differences in the Neth- Erlands).