TY - JOUR
T1 - Family income from birth through adolescence
T2 - Implications for positive youth development
AU - Hoyt, Lindsay Till
AU - Sabol, Terri J.
AU - Chaku, Natasha
AU - Kessler, Courtenay L.
N1 - Funding Information:
Support to Courtenay L. Kessler was provided by the U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, Multidisciplinary Program in Education Sciences pre-doctoral training grant ( R305B140042 ). Lindsay Till Hoyt was supported by a Faculty Fellowship from Fordham University .
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2019/7/1
Y1 - 2019/7/1
N2 - This study took a life course approach to examine associations among family income from birth to age 15, and adolescent health and well-being. Utilizing latent growth mixture modeling, we identified four distinct family income trajectories based on changes in low-income status (family income ≤200% of the federal poverty line) over 15 years, which in turn related to their outcomes in adolescence. More specifically, youth living in a consistent state of higher income from birth to age 15 (Consistent Higher Income) reported better health and behavioral outcomes than youth in the Consistent Low Income, Increasing Income, or Decreasing Income groups. Furthermore, despite tending to have relatively high-income levels at the beginning of life, the Decreasing Income group showed several risky behavioral and health patterns, including more sexual risk-taking and high blood pressure. Results underscore the importance of studying changes in family income across childhood and adolescence.
AB - This study took a life course approach to examine associations among family income from birth to age 15, and adolescent health and well-being. Utilizing latent growth mixture modeling, we identified four distinct family income trajectories based on changes in low-income status (family income ≤200% of the federal poverty line) over 15 years, which in turn related to their outcomes in adolescence. More specifically, youth living in a consistent state of higher income from birth to age 15 (Consistent Higher Income) reported better health and behavioral outcomes than youth in the Consistent Low Income, Increasing Income, or Decreasing Income groups. Furthermore, despite tending to have relatively high-income levels at the beginning of life, the Decreasing Income group showed several risky behavioral and health patterns, including more sexual risk-taking and high blood pressure. Results underscore the importance of studying changes in family income across childhood and adolescence.
KW - Adolescent health
KW - Economic stability
KW - Family income
KW - Income-to-needs ratio
KW - Latent growth mixture modeling
KW - Risky behaviors
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U2 - 10.1016/j.appdev.2019.101055
DO - 10.1016/j.appdev.2019.101055
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85069891103
SN - 0193-3973
VL - 64
JO - Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology
JF - Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology
M1 - 101055
ER -