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| Title |
Parental work absenteeism is associated with increased symptom complaints and school absence in adolescent children
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| Published in |
BMC Public Health, May 2017
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12889-017-4368-7 |
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| Authors |
Mari Hysing, Keith J. Petrie, Tormod Bøe, Børge Sivertsen |
| Abstract |
Previous studies have proposed that having parents out of work may influence adolescent illness behaviour and school attendance. However, prior research investigating this question has been limited by retrospective reporting and case control studies. In a large epidemiological study we investigated whether parental work absence was associated with symptom complaints and increased school absenteeism in adolescents. We analysed data from a large epidemiological study of 10,243 Norwegian adolescents aged 16-19. Participants completed survey at school, which included demographic data, parental work absence and current health complaints. An official registry provided school attendance data. Parental work absence was significantly related to the number of adolescent symptom complaints as well as school absenteeism. Having a father out of work was associated with an increased likelihood of being in the highest quartile of symptom reporting by an odds-ratio of 2.2 and mother by 1.6 (compared to the lowest quartile). Similarly, parental work absenteeism was associated with an increased likelihood of being in the highest quartile for school absence by an odds-ratio of 1.9 for a father being out of work and 1.5 for a mother out of work. We found that the number of adolescent symptom complaints mediated the relationship between parental work absenteeism and school absenteeism. We found that parental work absence was significantly associated with the number of adolescent symptom complaints and school absenteeism. The results suggest that parents may play a critical modelling role in the intergenerational transmission of illness and disability behaviour. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Denmark | 1 | 20% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 20% |
| Unknown | 3 | 60% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 3 | 60% |
| Members of the public | 2 | 40% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 53 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 53 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 11 | 21% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 7 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 6 | 11% |
| Researcher | 4 | 8% |
| Professor | 2 | 4% |
| Other | 9 | 17% |
| Unknown | 14 | 26% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Social Sciences | 10 | 19% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 8 | 15% |
| Psychology | 6 | 11% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 5 | 9% |
| Unspecified | 2 | 4% |
| Other | 6 | 11% |
| Unknown | 16 | 30% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 15 May 2017.
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#13,566,023
of 23,881,329 outputs
Outputs from BMC Public Health
#9,326
of 15,466 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#151,544
of 312,113 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Public Health
#164
of 239 outputs
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