Socioeconomic position and the transmission of psychological distress: a life course and intergenerational analysis of the panel study of income dynamics

Low socioeconomic position is associated with worse mental health, yet few studies have examined how socioeconomic patterning or fluctuations over the life course can influence later psychiatric symptoms. Using the Panel Study of Income Dynamics, we examined how income patterning across the life course and across generations impacts present-day psychological distress symptoms.Ph.D.Includes bibliographical referencesby Bozena J. Kati