Childhood family income and medication use in youth
Apart from psychotropics, the results may indicate medication underuse among youth from low-income families. The sibling comparisons suggest that moderate differences in childhood income are unlikely to cause differences in youth medication use and thus, in contexts of relative income equality, income differences in medication use are likely to reflect other, unobserved, family factors shared by siblings.
Authors
- Heta Moustgaard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6632-4727)
- Pekka Martikainen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9374-1438)
- Lasse Tarkiainen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2003-2531)
- Elina Hiltunen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2175-4568)
- Satu Malmberg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-9538-5383)
Institutions
- University of Helsinki (FI)
- Social Insurance Institution (FI)
- Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health
- Published
- 2025-01-10
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/jech-2024-222129
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.12
Funders
- Helsingin Yliopisto
- Kela
- Jane ja Aatos Erkon Säätiö
- Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
- Helsingin Kaupunki
- Strategic Research Council
- H2020 European Research Council