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ArticleSocial science & medicine (1982)2026

COVID-19, economic downturn, and long-term trajectories of population mental health: Evidence from two nationally representative British birth cohorts at the intersection of gender and socioeconomic position.

Darío Moreno-Agostino, George B Ploubidis, Jayati Das-Munshi

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Darío Moreno-AgostinoUCL Centre for Longitudinal Studies, UCL Social Research Institute, University College London, 55-59 Gordon Square, WC1H 0NR, London, UK; ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health, King's College London, Melbourne House, 44-46 Aldwych, WC2B 4LL, London, UK. Electronic address: d.moreno@ucl.ac.uk.
George B PloubidisUCL Centre for Longitudinal Studies, UCL Social Research Institute, University College London, 55-59 Gordon Square, WC1H 0NR, London, UK; ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health, King's College London, Melbourne House, 44-46 Aldwych, WC2B 4LL, London, UK.
Jayati Das-MunshiESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health, King's College London, Melbourne House, 44-46 Aldwych, WC2B 4LL, London, UK; King's College London, Department of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, 16 De Crespigny Park, SE5 8AF, London, UK.

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Healthy transitions from mid-life to early older age: biomedical follow-up of 1958 Birth Cohort Study members at age 60R01AG052519 · NIA · UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON · PI BATTY, DAVID, GOODMAN, ALISSA · 2017 to 2021
$1.9M
Healthy transitions from mid-life to early older age: biomedical follow-up of 1958 Birth Cohort Study members at age 60R56AG052519 · NIA · UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON · PI BATTY, DAVID, GOODMAN, ALISSA · 2016 to 2016
$500k
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG052519NIA NIH HHS R56 AG052519
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Abstract

backgroundWe examined long-term trajectories of mental (ill-)health in two British generations ('Baby Boomers' and 'Generation X') across the life-course, including the COVID-19 lockdowns and the following cost-of-living increases. We analysed inequalities by generation, gender, socioeconomic position (SEP), and their intersections, and explored the relationship between inflation and mental (ill-)health post-lockdown. METHODS AND

findingsWe used data from the National Child Development Study (NCDS/1958, n = 8215) and the 1970 British Cohort Study (BCS/1970, n = 7789), with repeated measures of psychological distress (Malaise Inventory) between ages 23-64.5 (NCDS/58) and 26-52.5 (BCS/70). We used multilevel growth curve models to study long-term trajectories, and negative binomial regression models to analyse associations with inflation/cost-of-living in the 2021-2023 period. Distress increased during the pandemic but declined post-lockdown (second quadratic spline: B

conclusionsDespite post-pandemic improvements, persistent inequalities by gender and childhood SEP remain. Considering the high levels of socioeconomic adversity in the UK, action is needed to reduce these inequalities and prevent their transmission across generations.

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COVID-19Economic RecessionMental HealthSocial ClassAdultBirth CohortCohort StudiesFemaleHealth Status DisparitiesHumansMaleMiddle AgedSARS-CoV-2Sex FactorsSocioeconomic FactorsUnited Kingdom

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