Journal article
What if we could eliminate child poverty?
Abstract
The aim of this study was to examine the attributable risk of low income for child psychosocial morbidity. Data on 1,996 6- to 16-year-old participants from the Ontario Child Health Study, a province-wide cross-sectional study done in 1983, were used. Outcomes measured included psychiatric disorders, poor school performance, chronic health problems, and social impairment. The attributable risk for low income and child psychosocial morbidity was …
Authors
Lipman EL; Offord DR; Boyle MH
Journal
Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, Vol. 31, No. 5, pp. 303–307
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
September 1996
DOI
10.1007/bf00787925
ISSN
0933-7954