Household wealth and child body mass index: patterns and mechanisms
Wealth plays a unique role in shaping later-life health risk, but the relationship between
wealth and child health remains largely unexplored. Using longitudinal data from the Panel
Study of Income Dynamics (PSID)(1994–2013), this study uses multilevel mixed-effects
models and the parametric g-formula approach to both assess the relationship between
household wealth and child body mass index (BMI) and identify the mechanisms linking
wealth to child BMI. We find that household wealth is negatively associated with childhood …
wealth and child health remains largely unexplored. Using longitudinal data from the Panel
Study of Income Dynamics (PSID)(1994–2013), this study uses multilevel mixed-effects
models and the parametric g-formula approach to both assess the relationship between
household wealth and child body mass index (BMI) and identify the mechanisms linking
wealth to child BMI. We find that household wealth is negatively associated with childhood …