Table 1.
Poverty exposure variable definitions.
Variable | Definition |
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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 |