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© 2017, © The Author(s) 2017. Objective: This study presents three approaches, that is, cumulative risk, factor analysis, and latent class analysis, to summarize exposure to multiple childhood social risk factors and to compare their utility when examining associations with physical capability and common affective symptoms in adults aged 60 to 64 years. Methods: Data came from the U.K. Medical Research Council (MRC) National Survey of Health and Development, with prospective childhood social risk factor data collected in 1950 to 1957 and retrospectively in 1989. Physical capability and common affective symptom data were collected in 2006 to 2011. Results: The cumulative risk approach and factor analysis provided evidence that children who were exposed to multiple social risk factors had lower levels of physical capability and more symptoms of common affective symptoms in later life. Discussion: The cumulative social risk approach and the use of factor analysis to identify contexts of social risk, may offer viable methods for linking multiple childhood social risk exposure to aging outcomes.
Author(s): Caleyachetty R, Hardy R, Cooper R, Richards M, Howe LD, Anderson E, Kuh D, Stafford M
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Journal of Aging and Health
Year: 2018
Volume: 30
Issue: 3
Pages: 386-407
Print publication date: 01/03/2018
Online publication date: 22/12/2016
Acceptance date: 02/04/2016
Date deposited: 27/01/2022
ISSN (print): 0898-2643
ISSN (electronic): 1552-6887
Publisher: SAGE Publications Inc.
URL: https://doi.org/10.1177/0898264316680434
DOI: 10.1177/0898264316680434
PubMed id: 28553793
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