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The association between childhood socioeconomic status and adult health behavior: The role of locus of control.
Soc. Sci. Res. 95:102521 (2021)
The socioeconomic environment in childhood is a powerful determinant for health behavior in adulthood, subsequently influencing health outcomes. However, the underlying mechanisms are insufficiently understood. This study assesses locus of control (LOC) as a mediator linking childhood socioeconomic status (SES) with health behavior (smoking, regular alcohol consumption, unhealthy diet and low physical activity). Drawing on a representative sample from Germany (SOEP), we investigated these relations using structural equations modelling. Results show that externally oriented LOC explains up to 6% of the relationship between childhood SES and health behavior in adulthood, independently from adult SES. Stratification indicates that these results hold in women but not in men, in younger and middle-aged individuals but not in older ones. Hence, control beliefs play a modest yet significant role in shaping the socioeconomic gradient in health behavior and might have far-reaching consequences on how morbidity and mortality arise and persist across generations.
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Publikationstyp
Artikel: Journalartikel
Dokumenttyp
Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
Schlagwörter
Childhood Socioeconomic Status ; Health Behavior ; Locus Of Control ; Socioeconomic Inequalities ; Structural Equation Modelling
ISSN (print) / ISBN
0049-089X
e-ISSN
1096-0317
Zeitschrift
Social Science Research
Quellenangaben
Band: 95,
Artikelnummer: 102521
Verlag
Elsevier