ArticleJournal of epidemiology and community health2018
A decade lost: does educational success mitigate the increased risks of premature death among children with experience of out-of-home care?
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- State care in childhood and adult mortality: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies.The Lancet. Public health · 2022Pooled it
- Trajectories of hospital-presenting alcohol-related disorders between early and late adulthood: Exploring the role of mortality in a prospective study of a 1953 cohort.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2025Article
- Mortality outcomes of children and young people who have spent time in care: evidence from Children's Health in Care in Scotland, a population-wide administrative data cohort study.Archives of disease in childhood · 2025Article
- Parental Death and Premature Mortality in Individuals with Out-of-Home Care Experience in Sweden: A Nationwide Cohort Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Intergenerational transmission of alcohol misuse: mediation and interaction by school performance in a Swedish birth cohort.Journal of epidemiology and community health · 2020Article
- Cohort Profile Update: The Stockholm Birth Cohort Study (SBC).International journal of epidemiology · 2020Article
- Inequalities in educational outcomes in individuals with childhood experience of out-of-home care: What are driving the differences?PloS one · 2020Article
- Troubled childhoods cast long shadows: Childhood adversity and premature all-cause mortality in a Swedish cohort.SSM - population health · 2019Article
- Poor Family Relationships in Adolescence and the Risk of Premature Death: Findings from the Stockholm Birth Cohort Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- Do trajectories of economic, work- and health-related disadvantages explain child welfare clients' increased mortality risk? A prospective cohort study.BMC public health · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundPast research has consistently identified children with out-of-home care (OHC) experience as a high-risk group for premature mortality. While many have argued that educational success is a key factor in reducing these individuals' excessive death risks, empirical evidence has hitherto been limited. The aim of the current study was therefore to examine the potentially mitigating role of educational success in the association between OHC experience and premature mortality.
methodsDrawing on a Stockholm cohort born in 1953 (n=15 117), we analysed the associations among placement in OHC (ages 0-12), school performance (ages 13, 16 and 19) and premature all-cause mortality (ages 20-56) by means of Cox and Laplace regression analyses.
resultsThe Cox regression models confirmed the increased risk of premature mortality among individuals with OHC experience. Unadjusted Laplace regression models showed that, based on median survival time, these children died more than a decade before their majority population peers. However, among individuals who performed well at school, that is, those who scored above-average marks at the age of 16 (grade 9) and at the age of 19 (grade 12), the risks of premature mortality did not significantly differ between the two groups.
conclusionEducational success seems to mitigate the increased risks of premature death among children with OHC experience.
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