Subjective Economic Status in Adolescence: Determinants and Associations with Mental Health in the Norwegian Youth@Hordaland Study

Bøe, Tormod; Dearing, Eric; Stormark, Kjell Morten; Zachrisson, Henrik Daae

doi:10.1007/s10834-017-9553-4

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“…In a review of the literature on subjective SES and health, Quon and McGrath (2014) demonstrated that lower subjective SES influences most health outcomes negatively, with particularly strong effects for mental health outcomes. This finding is in line with other studies of adolescents where subjective ratings of SES predict health outcomes at a similar level to objective SES-indicators (Bøe et al, 2018; Elgar et al, 2016; Quon & McGrath, 2014). This association between subjective SES and mental health may reflect the adverse effect of perceiving yourself to be in a lower socioeconomic position.…”

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Interplay of subjective and objective economic well-being on the mental health of Norwegian adolescents

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Petrie

Sivertsen

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Objective and subjective socioeconomic status (SES) are important determinants of adolescent mental health problems, but we know less about how they interact. Research has demonstrated independent associations of both variables to mental health problems, but less is known about their relationship and role in adolescent mental health problems. Data from the youth@hordaland study, a survey of 9079 Norwegian adolescents aged 16 to 19 were linked to official tax register information about household income, and was used to examine the relationship between perceived economic well-being and household income. We also investigated how perceptions of economic well-being interacted with household income in relation to adolescent mental health problems. The overall relationship between perceived and actual household income was relatively low (r = .33 [95% CI = 0.32–0.35], p < .001, although this relationship was somewhat higher in adolescents with either low or high household incomes. Low income and unfavorable perceptions of economic well-being were associated with most mental health problems. Importantly, the mental health benefits associated with higher income appeared to depend on the adolescents' perceptions of their family's relative economic position. The results show moderate associations between perceived economic well-being and household income and that the influence of perceived economic well-being on conduct- and peer problems depended on the level of household income. Symptoms of depression explained some of this association. Knowledge about how the adolescents feel about their relative economic standing may be potentially important information for adolescents with mental health problems, and additional work is needed to understand how adolescents establish perceptions of economic rank.

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“…This study provides a new story in the unique economic and cultural context of China, the world's largest developing country, for children's mental health-related research. This study focuses on the special group of rural households, especially poor rural households, and provides explanations from new perspectives such as perception bias and household expenditure structure, enriching the conclusions of existing research and complementing the latest literature on the causes and influence mechanisms of children's mental health [34,35,58]. In addition, the policy implications derived from this study is of great significance to improve the mental health of children from poor rural households in developing countries and regions, and helps to promote the sustainability of families and child welfare.…”

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“Depression from Overestimation”: Income, Perception Bias and Children’s Mental Health in China’s Rural Households

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Cheng

2020

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The mental health of rural children is closely related to their household characteristics, with household income level as one of the important influencing factors. In general, improvement in household income level is deemed to play an important role in promoting children’s mental health. However, the impact and mechanism of household income status perception bias on children’s mental health due to changes in the structure of household expenditure are under studied. On the basis of the perspective of household income status perception bias, we constructed a representative behavior household model of income status perception bias and a three-wave panel. We adopted the data from Chinese household tracking surveys in 2012, 2014, and 2016 to empirically analyze the mechanism and channel of household income status perception bias on children’s mental health. Results reveal that: (1) A significant negative correlation exists between household income level and income status perception bias, and poor households are likely to have income status perception bias. (2) A significant positive correlation exists between income status perception bias of poor households and their gift-giving expenditure, whereas a negative correlation exists between income status perception bias and expenditure for children’s education. The more the poor households overestimate their income status, the more inclined they are to increase their gift spending and reduce expenditure for children’s education, thereby changing the structure of family expenditure. (3) A significant negative correlation exists between poor household income status perception bias and the mental health status of their children, whereas a positive correlation exists between household expenditure for children’s education and children’s mental health status. That is, the more that poor households overestimate their relative income status, the greater the mental pressure on children. Finally, the reduction of expenditure on children’s education by rural households is an effective channel through which income status perception bias among poor households affects children’s mental pressure.

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“…The family income affects children's likelihood of completing secondary education (Bratsberg 2010), and poor children have an increased risk of experiencing poverty themselves as adults (Lorentzen & Nielsen 2009). An overrepresentation of emotional problems among children from families of lower socioeconomic status as well as from low income families has also been shown (Bøe et al 2012;Bøe et al 2016;Bøe, et al 2017a;Bøe et al 2017b). The correlation between family income and children's living conditions speaks directly to the Convention on the Rights of Children (CRC).…”

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Poor, but Included?

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2019

Children’s Rights in Norway

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This chapter examines the relationship between monetary poverty and the social wellbeing of children in Norway. Poverty not only has immediate material consequences for children but increases the risk of social marginalization and hampers future life chances. This chapter asks whether Norwegian policies are adequate in order to secure children decent living conditions; economically or materially as well as socially. Examining laws and conventions concerning the rights of poor children and empirical evidence of children's living conditions, it provides a partly mixed picture of progress and presents some of the dilemmas policy makers face when children's rights are implemented. Finally, measures to improve children's living conditions in Norway are presented.

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Subjective Economic Status in Adolescence: Determinants and Associations with Mental Health in the Norwegian Youth@Hordaland Study

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Interplay of subjective and objective economic well-being on the mental health of Norwegian adolescents

Interplay of subjective and objective economic well-being on the mental health of Norwegian adolescents

“Depression from Overestimation”: Income, Perception Bias and Children’s Mental Health in China’s Rural Households

Poor, but Included?

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