Perceived financial difficulty in early childhood is the socioeconomic indicator most strongly associated with a research diagnosis of ADHD at age 7¶
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q2 i2 Children whose families reported financial difficulty when the child was an infant were over twice as likely to have an ADHD diagnosis at age 7 (OR = 2.23). → Russell AE 2015
q2 i? In multivariable regression, financial difficulties was the only SES predictor that remained significant alongside housing tenure, marital status and maternal age. → Russell AE 2015 (2)
Evidence¶
Russell AE 2015¶
Russell AE, Ford T, Russell G (2015) Socioeconomic Associations with ADHD: Findings from a Mediation Analysis. PLoS ONE 10(6): e0128248. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0128248
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Unadjusted logistic regression in the ALSPAC birth cohort (N = 8,132) of each socioeconomic predictor on ADHD diagnosis at age 7. The article reports children were "over twice as likely to have ADHD" with an odds ratio of OR = 2.23 (95% CI 1.57–3.16), p < 0.001.
"Children were over twice as likely to have ADHD if their family was in perceived financial difficulty when they were an infant (OR 2.23 95%CI 1.57 –3.16)."
Russell AE 2015 (2)¶
Russell AE, Ford T, Russell G (2015) Socioeconomic Associations with ADHD: Findings from a Mediation Analysis. PLoS ONE 10(6): e0128248. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0128248
q2 · i? · associational · r2
Multivariable regression (Table 3) entering the significant unadjusted predictors; financial difficulties retained significance (OR 2.06, 95% CI 1.44–2.94, p < 0.001) while housing tenure, marital status and maternal age did not, so it was "used in as the predictor in the mediation analysis".
"Financial difficulties was the only predictor which remained significant in the presence of the other significant SES indica-tors, therefore it was used in as the predictor in the mediation analysis."
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
- Children with ADHD in the cohort were disproportionately male and from families reporting financial difficulty or social housing — related
- Family adversity and lower parental involvement mediate 27.8% of the association between early financial difficulty and ADHD at age 7 — related
- Housing tenure, marital status, maternal age and financial difficulties are each significantly associated with ADHD at age 7 in unadjusted analysis — a broader claim this one bears on
- Maternal depression at 33 months was not a significant mediator of the financial difficulty–ADHD association — related
- Parental education and occupational status showed no significant association with ADHD in this sample — related
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Perceived financial difficulty in early childhood is the socioeconomic indicator most strongly associated with a research diagnosis of ADHD at age 7 |
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Perceived financial difficulty in early childhood is the socioeconomic indicator most strongly associated with a research diagnosis of ADHD at age 7 |
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2015 |
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2020 |
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by process:wiki-ingest on 2026-10-16 |
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2 — russell-ae-2015, russell-ae-2015-2 |
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