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The Long-Term Impact of Adversity in Adolescence on Health in Middle and Older Adulthood: A Natural Experiment From the Chinese Send-Down Movement.
- Source :
- American Journal of Epidemiology; Jul2021, Vol. 190 Issue 7, p1306-1315, 10p
- Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- The 1950s–1970s Chinese send-down movement can be treated as a natural experiment to study the impact of adolescent exposure on subsequent health. This paper used data from the China Family Panel Studies 2010 to evaluate the long-term impact of the Chinese send-down movement on individual health later in life. Drawing from the life-course perspective, results from difference-in-differences models suggested that the send-down experience had a significant impact on worse self-rated health; the pathways from structural equation models showed that subsequent achievements—age of marriage and educational attainment—had mediating effects linking the send-down experience to worse self-rated health and better mental health, respectively. Taken together, our results highlight the roles of the send-down experience and post–send-down characteristics in shaping health outcomes later in life. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00029262
- Volume :
- 190
- Issue :
- 7
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- American Journal of Epidemiology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 151248304
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwab035