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?

Amir Sariaslan¹, Janne Mikkonen², Mikko Aaltonen³, Heikki Hiilamo^{4

5}, Pekka Martikainen^{2

6

7}, Seena Fazel¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Warneford Hospital, Oxford, UK.
² Population Research Unit, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
³ UEF Law School, University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu, Finland.
⁴ Social and Public Policy Unit, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
⁵ Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Helsinki, Finland.
⁶ Centre for Health Equity Studies (CHESS), Stockholm University and Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
⁷ Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany.

Comment

Amir Sariaslan et al. Int J Epidemiol. 2022.

. 2022 Dec 13;51(6):2028-2030.

doi: 10.1093/ije/dyac035.

Amir Sariaslan¹, Janne Mikkonen², Mikko Aaltonen³, Heikki Hiilamo^{4

5}, Pekka Martikainen^{2

6

7}, Seena Fazel¹

¹ Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Warneford Hospital, Oxford, UK.
² Population Research Unit, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
³ UEF Law School, University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu, Finland.
⁴ Social and Public Policy Unit, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
⁵ Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Helsinki, Finland.
⁶ Centre for Health Equity Studies (CHESS), Stockholm University and Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
⁷ Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany.

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Comment on

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.
Do sibling comparisons answer the causal question? In response to 'No causal associations between childhood family income and subsequent psychiatric disorders, substance misuse and violent crime arrests'.
Rod NH, Lange T, Petersen AH. Rod NH, et al. Int J Epidemiol. 2022 Dec 13;51(6):2025-2026. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyab235. Int J Epidemiol. 2022. PMID: 34751751 No abstract available.
Are there really no causal associations between childhood family income and subsequent outcomes?
Ledberg A, Rajaleid K, Modin B. Ledberg A, et al. Int J Epidemiol. 2022 Dec 13;51(6):2027-2028. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyac016. Int J Epidemiol. 2022. PMID: 35152296 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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