Working Paper Series, Swedish Institute for Social Research, Stockholm University
No 1/2012:
Childhood Peer Status and the Clustering of Adverse Living Conditions in Adulthood
Ylva B. Almquist ()
and Lars Brännström ()
Abstract: Within the context of the school class, children attain a
social position in the peer hierarchy to which varying amounts of status
are attached. Several studies have shown that children’s peer status is
associated with a wide range of social and health-related outcomes. These
studies commonly target separate outcomes, paying little attention to the
fact that such circumstances are likely to go hand in hand. The overarching
aim of the present study was therefore to examine the impact of childhood
peer status on the clustering of living conditions in adulthood. Based on a
1953 cohort born in Stockholm, Sweden, multinomial regression analysis
demonstrated that children who had lower peer status also had exceedingly
high risks of ending up in more problem-burdened clusters as adults.
Moreover, these associations remained after adjusting for a variety of
family-related circumstances. We conclude that peer status constitutes a
central aspect of children’s upbringing with important consequences for
subsequent life chances, over and above the influences originating from the
family.
Keywords: childhood; peer status; cohort; life course; outcome profiles; living conditions; (follow links to similar papers)
37 pages, January 11, 2012
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