Theory of Cumulative Disadvantage/Advantage

Melo, Sara; Guedes, Joana; Mendes, Sandra

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-69892-2_751-1

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“…While grandparent risk circumstances effecting the parent generations upbringing are unable to be changed, upward mobility between these generations had a positive effect on literacy and numeracy scores, supporting a need for addressing multigenerational indicators of disadvantage. These gaps may not just relate to education outcomes; education has also been shown to interact with early life advantages or disadvantages to influence later health, wealth, income and occupation (Melo et al, 2019), outcomes that have also shown patterns of association across multiple generations (Chan & Boliver, 2013; Doku et al, 2019; Hancock et al, 2013; OECD, 2018). The effects of the collective grandchild risk circumstances on other development outcomes and more distal socioeconomic outcomes should be assessed.…”

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Transfers of disadvantage across three generations using latent class associations within families

Adams

Hancock

Mitrou

et al. 2022

Aust J Social Issues

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There is a large volume of research on the persistence of advantage and disadvantage across generations. Intergenerational studies typically address family resources as independent factors, which ignores how risks cluster together and accumulate over time. Using data from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children, we conducted two latent class analyses to separately identify latent classes based on grandparent and parent characteristics for study children. We then examined the association between our identified latent classes and grandchild educational outcomes in Years 3 to 9. Five distinct latent classes of grandparent characteristics and four latent classes of parent characteristics were identified. There was association between parent and grandparent latent classes indicating intergenerational multiple disadvantage. Grandchildren in at‐risk parent latent classes tended to have significantly lower literacy and numeracy scores from Years 3 to 9. The effects of grandparent latent classes were inconsistent. The developmental circumstances of children can be defined using the characteristics of both parents and grandparents, and the role of grandparents on children's development extends beyond the influence they have on parent outcomes. This study highlights that addressing intergenerational transfers of disadvantage requires multiple, integrated and coordinated policy approaches that go beyond individual indicators of disadvantage.

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Transfers of disadvantage across three generations using latent class associations within families

Adams

Hancock

Mitrou

et al. 2022

Aust J Social Issues

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“…The theory of cumulative advantage and disadvantage falls within the larger framework of life course studies (Hutchison 2011) wherein it is thought that events early on can have lasting consequences unto later life. The aging process is a result of accumulated dis/advantages over the years (Melo et al 2019). Cumulative dis/advantage means that the negative/positive implications of one aspect of life increase over time (Dannefer 2003).…”

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“…On the one hand, the highly educated could gain greater benefits from stable relationship histories. Educational attainment reproduces and amplifies the ramifications of social background (Melo et al 2019). Those in a high socioeconomic position are more likely to partner with similarly positioned individuals (Schartz 2010) and their unions tend to be happier (Tavakol et al 2017).…”

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Stable marital histories predict happiness and health across educational groups

Mäki¹,

Hägglund²,

Rotkirch³

et al. 2022

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Couple relations are a key determinant of mental and physical well-being in old age. However, we do not know how the advantages and disadvantages associated with partnership histories vary between socioeconomic groups. We create relationship history typologies for the cohorts 1945-1957 using the Survey of Health, Ageing, and Retirement in Europe, and examine, for the first time, how relationship histories relate to multiple indicators of well-being by educational attainment. Results show that stable marriages co-occur with higher well-being, compared to single and less stable partnership histories. All educational groups experience clear and similar benefits from stable unions. The adverse outcomes of union dissolution are more pronounced for those with lower education. The larger drawbacks on well-being among the less educated, especially among men, suggest that those with fewer resources suffer more from losing a partner. The findings underscore that current and past romantic relations predict well-being in old age and help policymakers in identifying vulnerable subgroups among the aging population.

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“…In developing countries, health inequality caused by low income and low SES is more severe. Disadvantaged SES could have accumulate negative effects on individuals ( 6 ). People with low SES possess fewer resources such as education, health, and social capital; on the contrary, people with high SES have more access to better resources which can be accumulated through their life course.…”

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The relationship between duration of subjective poverty and health among Chinese adults: Evidence from the China Family Panel Study

Cao

Zhou

Ren

et al. 2022

Front. Public Health

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IntroductionThe disadvantaged socioeconomic status could have accumulated negative effects on individual. In the Chinese context, studying subjective and relative poverty is more important under the implementation of the Targeted Poverty Alleviation campaign. This study aims to provide evidence of the relationship between the duration of subjective poverty and both physical and mental health among Chinese adults, using nationally longitudinal data from 2010 to 2018.Materials and methodsData were extracted from a nationally representative survey database—the China Family Panel Study (CFPS). The total sample size contains 12,003 adults, with 3,532 in the urban area and 8,471 in the rural area. Self-rated health and depressive symptoms were set as indicators of physical health and mental health, respectively. The duration of subjective poverty was measured by self-rated income level in the local area from 2010 to 2016. A series of ordinary least square regression was adopted to measure the relationship between duration of subjective poverty and health.ResultsFor the urban residents, the average duration of subjective poverty is 1.99 time points, while 1.98 time points for the rural residents. Net of objective poverty, duration of subjective poverty has a significantly negative association with individual's self-rated health in the rural sample (Coef. = −0.10, p < 0.001). Compared with those who have not experienced subjective poverty, the self-rated health score of people who experienced four time points is likely to decrease by 0.54 in the rural area and 0.30 in the urban area. In terms of mental health, 1 unit increase in the duration of subjective poverty is related to 0.15 unit increase in Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale-8 (CES-D8) scores in the urban sample and 0.46 in the rural sample. Compared with those who have not experienced subjective poverty, the CES-D8 scores of people who experienced four time points are likely to increase by 1.47 in the rural area and 0.95 in the urban area.ConclusionA longer duration of subjective poverty has a cumulatively negative effect on Chinese residents' physical and mental health, especially in rural area. Our study advocates researchers and policymakers pay more attention to the cumulative effect of subjective poverty on health.

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Theory of Cumulative Disadvantage/Advantage

Cited by 6 publications

References 38 publications

Transfers of disadvantage across three generations using latent class associations within families

Transfers of disadvantage across three generations using latent class associations within families

Stable marital histories predict happiness and health across educational groups

The relationship between duration of subjective poverty and health among Chinese adults: Evidence from the China Family Panel Study

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