Adult Female Twins' Recall of Childhood Social Class and Father's Education
A Validation Study for Public Health Research
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23360100 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nancy Krieger (0000-0002-4815-5947, Harvard University, corresponding author), A Okamoto (Harvard University), Joseph V Selby (Kaiser Foundation Hospital) |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 147 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Pages | 704-708 |
| Publication date | 1998-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Epidemiology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9262 • E-ISSN: 1476-6256 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009512 |
| PMID | 9554610 |
| OpenAlex | W2123353304 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 69 |
| References cited | 21 |
To assess recall of childhood socioeconomic position for public health research, the authors conducted a cross-sectional study of 352 adult women twin pairs enrolled in Examination II of the Kaiser Permanente Women Twins Study carried out in 1989-1990 in Oakland, California. Among twin pairs, 91% (95% confidence interval (CI) 89-94%) agreed on their father's educational level and 81% (95% CI 77-85%) on their childhood social class. Recall did not differ by adult socioeconomic position, zygosity, race/ethnicity, or age. Thus, epidemiologic studies can validly use retrospective data on childhood socioeconomic position to study its relation to adult health status.
Developmental psychology · Political science · Public health · Recall · Social class · Birth, Development, and Health · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Health disparities and outcomes · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Gerontology
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