Table 7 Early‐life indicators of residential mobility.

Indicator	Location, study design	Indicator of SEP measured	Criteria
Exposure to urban environment during first 5 years of life	Cameroon, Essential Non‐communicable Diseases Health Intervention Project, cross‐sectional128	R	Validity:The number of moves may not be an adequate representation of the context in which moving occurred or the resources available at different geographic locations60Relevance:Culturally and historically specificReliability:More likely to be recalled accurately than categories such as parents' education or occupation Time frame or age within indicator question may affect responses as circumstances may change throughout early lifeDeconstruction:Not applicable
Lifestage timing of migration	Hong Kong, Cardiovascular Risk Factor Prevalence Study, cross‐sectional129	R
Number of residential moves since birth when participant aged 7 years	USA, Longitudinal National Collaborative Perinatal Project60	P
Number of times address changed	USA, Longitudinal National Survey of Children63	P
	USA, Woodlawn Cohort Study75	P
Number of years at current address	USA, Longitudinal National Survey of Children63	P

P, prospectively; R, retrospectively; SEP, socioeconomic position.