The income gradient and child mental health in Australia: does it vary by assessors?
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Article Title | The income gradient and child mental health in Australia: does it vary by assessors? |
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ERA Journal ID | 32868 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Khanam, Rasheda (Author), Nghiem, Son (Author) and Rahman, Maisha (Author) |
Journal Title | European Journal of Health Economics |
Journal Citation | 21 (1), pp. 19-36 |
Number of Pages | 18 |
Year | 2020 |
Place of Publication | Cham, Switzerland |
ISSN | 1439-3972 |
1618-7598 | |
1618-7601 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1007/s10198-019-01106-6 |
Web Address (URL) | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10198-019-01106-6 |
Abstract | In this paper, we examine the income gradient in child mental health using longitudinal data from a large, national cohort of Australian children. We contribute to the body of existing literature by: (i) investigating whether and to what extent a child’s mental health levels and their relationship to income vary when a child’s mental health is assessed by the child’s parent, the child’s teacher and the child her/himself; (ii) exploring whether the reporting differences in a child’s mental health is associated systematically with household income; and (iii) examining the child mental health gradient and the evolution of this gradient by the child’s age. We found that a child’s mental health and the income gradient vary depending on who assesses the child’s mental health (the gradient was the largest when assessed by parents, and the smallest when assessed by the child). Further, the magnitude of the effect of mental health and income gradient faded when we controlled for some important variables, such as maternal health. |
Keywords | income; child mental health; children’s socio-emotional outcomes; assessors; Australia; panel data |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 380108. Health economics |
Public Notes | File reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher/author. |
Byline Affiliations | School of Commerce |
Griffith University | |
University of Queensland | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q569w/the-income-gradient-and-child-mental-health-in-australia-does-it-vary-by-assessors
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