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November 30, 2021Open Access

Higher socioeconomic status in children and adolescents was positively associated with drinking alcohol, physical activity, and healthy diet, but negatively associated with smoking.

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Why the study?

Because of the complex relationship between socioeconomic status and health, the relationship between socioeconomic status and health behavior remains unclear.

Does socioeconomic status affect health behaviors in children and adolescents?

Population

Children and adolescents from both developed and developing countries across 31 studies

Comparison

Socioeconomic status inequalities

Design

Systematic literature review

Key result

Higher socioeconomic status in children and adolescents was positively associated with drinking alcohol, physical activity, and healthy diet, but negatively associated with smoking.

Authors

NGNirmal GautamGDGetenet DessieMRMohammad Mafizur Rahman

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Overview

SES associations with youth smoking and alcohol differ by behavior; leaves open tailored prevention and causal studies.

Study Design

Type

Systematic Review

Structured PICO

Does socioeconomic status affect health behaviors in children and adolescents?

P
Population
A systematic review of 31 studies evaluating the association between socioeconomic status and health behaviors in children and adolescents aged 3 to 19 years.
E
Exposure
Socioeconomic status (SES)
C
Comparator
Different levels of socioeconomic status (e.g., high vs. low SES)
O
Outcome
Health behaviors (smoking, drinking alcohol, consumption of fruits and vegetables, consumption of healthy diet, physical exercise, gambling, and cannabis use)

Low socioeconomic status is associated with certain health-damaging behaviors like smoking, while high socioeconomic status is associated with others like drinking alcohol in children and adolescents.

Limitations

  • Did not register for a review protocol in the International Prospective Register of Systematic Review (PROSPERO)

Cite This Study

Gautam et al. (2021) conducted a systematic review in Health behaviors. Socioeconomic status vs. Different levels of socioeconomic status was evaluated on Association between socioeconomic status and health behaviors. Higher socioeconomic status in children and adolescents was positively associated with drinking alcohol, physical activity, and healthy diet, but negatively associated with smoking.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a94d197abd4c05a5bf577dbhttps://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-1050230/v1
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