The Influence of Parental Education on Child Health
Analysis of the Mediating Effect of Neighbourhood Quality
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21444570 |
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| Authors | Martin O’flaherty (0000-0003-0788-2598, Health and Wellbeing Centre for Research Innovation and School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences The University of Queensland Brisbane Queensland Australia, corresponding author), Yongbo Liu (0000-0003-1618-8813, Queensland Department of Housing and Public Works Brisbane Queensland Australia), Renee Zahnow (0000-0001-5796-9443, School of Social Science The University of Queensland Brisbane Queensland Australia) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Volume | 98 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 1087-1096 |
| Publication date | 2026-06-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Adolescence (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0140-1971 • E-ISSN: 1095-9254 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/jad.70119 |
| PMID | 41685451 |
| OpenAlex | W7128813912 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 47 |
INTRODUCTION: Parental education has been linked to childhood health and wellbeing outcomes. Intergenerational transfer of parental education into childhood health and wellbeing outcomes operates through multiple pathways, however the mediating influence of neighbourhood conditions remains understudied. METHODS: Drawing on data from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC) (n = 6432, 51% male, ages 14-15 years) we conduct a causal mediation analysis using a Regression-with-Residuals (RWR) approach to examine the mediating effect of neighbourhood social environment, neighbourhood built environment, and neighbourhood socio-economic advantage in the relationship between parental education and children's health and wellbeing at age 14 years. RESULTS: The results show neighbourhood quality, in particular neighbourhood social environment and neighbourhood advantage, mediates a small but statistically significant proportion of the association between parental education and child health and wellbeing. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings suggest that spatial stratification during childhood is likely to play an important role in the intergenerational reproduction of socio-economic gradients in health.
Association (psychology) · Child development · Neighbourhood (mathematics) · Quality (philosophy) · Social environment · Social relation · Stratification (seeds) · Health disparities and outcomes · Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
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