Are there really no causal associations between childhood family income and subsequent outcomes?

Anders Ledberg¹, Kristiina Rajaleid^{1

2}, Bitte Modin¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Public Health Sciences, Centre for Health Equity Studies (CHESS), Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden.
² Department of Psychology, Stress Research Institute, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden.

Comment

Anders Ledberg et al. Int J Epidemiol. 2022.

. 2022 Dec 13;51(6):2027-2028.

doi: 10.1093/ije/dyac016.

Anders Ledberg¹, Kristiina Rajaleid^{1

2}, Bitte Modin¹

¹ Department of Public Health Sciences, Centre for Health Equity Studies (CHESS), Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden.
² Department of Psychology, Stress Research Institute, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden.

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What can siblings and cousins tell us about the role of early life family income in the aetiologies of violent crime, substance misuse and psychiatric morbidity?
Sariaslan A, Mikkonen J, Aaltonen M, Hiilamo H, Martikainen P, Fazel S. Sariaslan A, et al. Int J Epidemiol. 2022 Dec 13;51(6):2028-2030. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyac035. Int J Epidemiol. 2022. PMID: 35229876 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

No causal associations between childhood family income and subsequent psychiatric disorders, substance misuse and violent crime arrests: a nationwide Finnish study of >650 000 individuals and their siblings.
Sariaslan A, Mikkonen J, Aaltonen M, Hiilamo H, Martikainen P, Fazel S. Sariaslan A, et al. Int J Epidemiol. 2021 Nov 10;50(5):1628-1638. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyab099. Int J Epidemiol. 2021. PMID: 34050646 Free PMC article.

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