Is Childhood Asthma Associated With Educational Level and Longest-Held Occupation?

Children with asthma can experience chronic morbidity that may interfere with education and career progression. The authors investigated retrospectively whether a history of childhood asthma is associated with educational level and longest-held occupation, by gender. Cross-sectional analysis include...

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Published in:American journal of epidemiology 2012-02, Vol.175 (4), p.279-288
Main Authors: Mazurek, Jacek M., Schleiff, Patricia L., Henneberger, Paul K.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Aged
Asthma
Asthma - epidemiology
Biological and medical sciences
Career Choice
Career Mobility
Child
Childrens health
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma
Counseling
Cross-Sectional Studies
Educational attainment
Educational Status
Epidemiology
Female
General aspects
Humans
Logistic Models
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Miscellaneous
Nutrition Surveys
Occupational choice
Occupational health
Occupational medicine
Pneumology
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Retrospective Studies
Social Class
Time Factors
United States - epidemiology
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Summary:Children with asthma can experience chronic morbidity that may interfere with education and career progression. The authors investigated retrospectively whether a history of childhood asthma is associated with educational level and longest-held occupation, by gender. Cross-sectional analysis included a nationally representative sample of 10,452 adults aged ≥20 years who participated in the US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2001-2004). Logistic regression was used to assess associations between a childhood-asthma history and educational level, employment, and longest-held occupation. An estimated 6.9% of men and 5.8% of women had a childhood-asthma history. Persons with a childhood-asthma history tended to have a higher educational level than those with no asthma history. Among those who ever worked, and after adjustment for age and race/ethnicity, men with a childhood-asthma history were more likely to work in health-diagnosing occupations, other professional occupations, and as cooks; women with a childhood-asthma history were more likely to work in management-related, entertainment-related, and health service occupations. Compared with those with no asthma history, persons with a childhood-asthma history tended to achieve a higher educational level and, if they worked, were more likely to work in particular occupations.
ISSN:0002-9262
1476-6256
DOI:10.1093/aje/kwr300