Impact of parents' occupational class and intergenerational occupational mobility on children's health in the future
2012
Objective
To assess the impact of parents' occupational class and intergenerational occupational mobility on children's mental health so as to provide evidence for improving health equity.
Methods
Chinese general social survey 2005 (CGSS2005) dataset was used for multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA).
Results
The proportion of children whose father or mother was of lower-class occupation was 59.0% and 62.9%, respectively.When grew up, this figure dropped to 49.8%.Those whose father was in the higher-class occupational group reported better mental health status(F=1.449, P=0.015). Downward occupational class mobility experience also increased the risk of mental illness (F=3.050, P=0.048).
Conclusion
This study suggests an independent relationship between mental health and parents' occupational class and intergenerational occupational mobility.
Key words:
Occupations; Intergenerational relations; Health
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