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Childhood residential mobility is most frequent during early childhood and is significantly more likely among children living with a single adult or in households with four or more children. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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To assess how residential mobility varies across childhood age groups, family sizes, and household compositions using routine electronic health record data.

August 30, 2026Longitudinal and Life Course Studies0 citations

Patterns and Determinants of Childhood Residential Mobility Using Electronic Health Records

Characterising residential mobility during childhood in the United Kingdom: a longitudinal study using linked electronic health records

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NFNicola Firman LNLaura North JLJane Lyons

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Longitudinal study uncovers high residential mobility rates in young children, highlighting how household composition and age drive family relocation.

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To assess how residential mobility varies across childhood age groups, family sizes, and household compositions using routine electronic health record data.
Conducted a longitudinal cohort study following 240,509 children (51.0% male) in north-east London and 398,959 children (51.3% male) in Wales aged 0–13 years on January 1, 2015, through December 31, 2019.
Identified residential mobility via address changes in linked electronic health records and estimated adjusted odds ratios (OR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI) across demographic strata.
Overall residential mobility was 20.6% in north-east London and 32.1% in Wales, peaking among children aged 0–4 years (25.3% in London and 40.1% in Wales).
Living with a single adult compared to two working-age adults increased mobility risk for children aged 10–13 years in north-east London (OR: 1.15; 95% CI: 1.07–1.25) and Wales (OR: 1.82; 95% CI: 1.73–1.91).
Households with four or more children had higher mobility rates among 10–13-year-olds in London (OR: 1.31; 95% CI: 1.18–1.46) and Wales (OR: 1.68; 95% CI: 1.56–1.82) compared to single-child households.

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synapsesocial.com/papers/6a93f00a6c1a8fb52e79c18c https://doi.org/10.1332/17579597y2026d000000088

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August 30, 2026Longitudinal and Life Course Studies0 citations

Patterns and Determinants of Childhood Residential Mobility Using Electronic Health Records

Characterising residential mobility during childhood in the United Kingdom: a longitudinal study using linked electronic health records

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Authors

NFNicola Firman LNLaura North JLJane Lyons

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Longitudinal study uncovers high residential mobility rates in young children, highlighting how household composition and age drive family relocation.

Key Points

To assess how residential mobility varies across childhood age groups, family sizes, and household compositions using routine electronic health record data.
Conducted a longitudinal cohort study following 240,509 children (51.0% male) in north-east London and 398,959 children (51.3% male) in Wales aged 0–13 years on January 1, 2015, through December 31, 2019.
Identified residential mobility via address changes in linked electronic health records and estimated adjusted odds ratios (OR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI) across demographic strata.
Overall residential mobility was 20.6% in north-east London and 32.1% in Wales, peaking among children aged 0–4 years (25.3% in London and 40.1% in Wales).
Living with a single adult compared to two working-age adults increased mobility risk for children aged 10–13 years in north-east London (OR: 1.15; 95% CI: 1.07–1.25) and Wales (OR: 1.82; 95% CI: 1.73–1.91).
Households with four or more children had higher mobility rates among 10–13-year-olds in London (OR: 1.31; 95% CI: 1.18–1.46) and Wales (OR: 1.68; 95% CI: 1.56–1.82) compared to single-child households.

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Firman et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a93f00a6c1a8fb52e79c18c https://doi.org/10.1332/17579597y2026d000000088

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