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. 2018 Jan;197:136–143. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.12.004

Table 1.

Poverty exposure variable definitions.

Variable Definition
Early Life Poverty 1 = in poverty at any year ages 0-5
0 = no poverty ages 0-5
Mid-Childhood Poverty 1 = in poverty at any year ages 6-10
0 = no poverty ages 6-10
Early Adolescent Poverty 1 = in poverty at any year ages 11-15
0 = no poverty ages 11-15
Cumulative Poverty Sum of early life, mid-childhood and early adolescent variables (range: 0–3)
Early Upward Mobility 1 = poverty in early life but no poverty in mid-childhood
0 = all else
Early Downward Mobility 1 = no poverty in early life but poverty in mid-childhood
0 = all else
Later Upward Mobility 1 = poverty in mid-childhood but no poverty in early adolescence
0 = all else
Later Downward Mobility 1 = no poverty in mid-childhood but poverty in early adolescence
0 = all else
Persistent Poverty 1 = poverty in early life, mid-childhood and early adolescence
0 = all else
Any Poverty 1 = poverty in early life, mid-childhood or early adolescence
0 = all else