Parental education and occupational status showed no significant association with ADHD in this sample¶

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q2 i? Despite higher ADHD prevalence in families with lower parental education and occupational status, these indicators were not significantly associated with ADHD. → Russell AE 2015

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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Descriptive statistics (Table 1) showed proportionately more ADHD-group parents in lower education and employment bands, but unadjusted logistic regressions for mother education (p 0.406), partner education (p 0.067) and employment (p 0.847; p 0.610) were not significant. This contradicted the authors' genetic-confounding hypothesis.

"Although ADHD was more prevalent in families whose parents had lower occupational status, and lower educational levels, these indicators did not show significant association with ADHD in children in the current sample."

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