National-Level Wealth Inequality and Socioeconomic Inequality in Adolescent Mental Well-Being: A Time Series Analysis of 17 Countries

Although previous research has established a positive association between national income inequality and socioeconomic inequalities in adolescent health, very little is known about the extent to which national-level wealth inequalities (i.e., accumulated financial resources) are associated with these inequalities in health. Therefore, this study examined the association between national wealth inequality and income inequality and socioeconomic inequality in adolescents' mental well-being at the aggregated level.

Source: Journal of Adolescent Health - May 21, 2020 Category: Child Development Authors: Maxim Dierckens, Dominic Weinberg, Yanyan Huang, Frank Elgar, Irene Moor, Lilly Augustine, Nelli Lyyra, Benedicte Deforche, Bart De Clercq, Gonneke W.J.M. Stevens, Candace Currie Tags: Original article Source Type: research