Socioeconomic status at birth is associated with risk of schizophrenia: Population-based multilevel study

Shirli Werner; Dolores Malaspina; Jonathan Rabinowitz

doi:10.1093/schbul/sbm032

Socioeconomic status at birth is associated with risk of schizophrenia: Population-based multilevel study

Shirli Werner, Dolores Malaspina, Jonathan Rabinowitz

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Background: Inconsistent findings obscure understanding the relationship between socioeconomic status (SES) and schizophrenia. The aim of the current study was to test the association between individual and community SES at birth and risk of schizophrenia. Method: Population-based longitudinal follow forward study of a 13-year birth cohort (n = 71 165). Effects of individual and community socioeconomic variables were examined using multilevel regression in MLwiN. Results: Years of education of fathers and mothers, respectively, (0-8 vs 13+ odds ratio [OR] = 1.17, P < .0001; OR = 1.14, P < .001) lower occupational status of fathers (OR = 1.29, P = .036), and poorer residential area SES (OR = 1.26, P = .012) were risk factors for schizophrenia. Conclusions: Individual- and community-level SES at the time of birth are associated with an increased risk of schizophrenia.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1373-1378
Number of pages	6
Journal	Schizophrenia Bulletin
Volume	33
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/schbul/sbm032
State	Published - Nov 2007
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Multilevel analyses
Parental education
Parental occupation
Residential area
Social causation theory
Social selection theory

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Socioeconomic status at birth is associated with risk of schizophrenia: Population-based multilevel study

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