Inattention in boys from low-income backgrounds predicts welfare receipt: a 30-year prospective study
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2020
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ADHD Aggression Conduct disorder Externalizing Hyperactivity Inattention Non-cognitive Opposition Prosociality Tax returnSujets proches
Tsʻeu Tzʻu Ci Tse Group dynamics Association Groups, Social Froebel system of education Family Family structure Families--Social aspects Families--Social conditions Family life Structure, Family Family relationships Relationships, Family Grown-ups Adults Grownups Biography--Ancestry Relations with family Biography--Descendants Biography--Family AncestryCiter ce document
F. Vergunst et al., « Inattention in boys from low-income backgrounds predicts welfare receipt: a 30-year prospective study », HAL-SHS : économie et finance, ID : 10.1017/S0033291719002058
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BackgroundChildhood disruptive behaviors are highly prevalent and associated with adverse long-term social and economic outcomes. Trajectories of welfare receipt in early adulthood and the association of childhood behaviors with high welfare receipt trajectories have not been examined.MethodsBoys (n = 1000) from low socioeconomic backgrounds were assessed by kindergarten teachers for inattention, hyperactivity, aggression, opposition, and prosociality, and prospectively followed up for 30 years. We used group-base trajectory modeling to estimate trajectories of welfare receipt from age 19–36 years using government tax return records, then examined the association between teacher-rated behaviors and trajectory group membership using mixed effects multinomial regression models.ResultsThree trajectories of welfare receipt were identified: low (70.8%), declining (19.9%), and chronic (9.3%). The mean annual personal employment earnings (US$) for the three groups at age 35/36 years was $36 500 (s.d. = $24 000), $15 600 (s.d. = $16 275), and $1700 (s.d. = $4800), respectively. Relative to the low welfare receipt group, a unit increase in inattention (mean = 2.64; s.d. = 2.32, range = 0–8) at age 6 was associated with an increased risk of being in the chronic group (relative risk ratio; RRR = 1.16, 95% CI 1.03–1.31) and in the declining group (RRR = 1.13, 95% CI 1.03–1.23), after adjustment for child IQ and family adversity, and independent of other behaviors. Family adversity was more strongly associated with trajectories of welfare receipt than any behavior.ConclusionsBoys from disadvantaged backgrounds exhibiting high inattention in kindergarten are at elevated risk of chronic welfare receipt during adulthood. Screening and support for inattentive behaviors beginning in kindergarten could have long-term social and economic benefits for individuals and society.