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Is personality a driving force for socioeconomic differences in young adults’ health care use? A prospective cohort study

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  • Maren Kraft

    (School for Public Health and Primary Care (CAPHRI), Maastricht University, UM/CAPHRI)

  • Koos Arts

    (Statistics Netherlands, Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek)

  • Tanja Traag

    (Statistics Netherlands, Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek)

  • Ferdy Otten

    (Statistics Netherlands, Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek)

  • Hans Bosma

    (School for Public Health and Primary Care (CAPHRI), Maastricht University, UM/CAPHRI)

Abstract

Objectives To relate personality characteristics at the age of 12 to socioeconomic differences in health care use in young adulthood. And thereby examining the extent to which socioeconomic differences in the use of health care in young adulthood are based on differences in personality characteristics, independent of the (parental) socioeconomic background. Methods Personality of more than 13,000 Dutch 12-year old participants was related to their health and socioeconomic position after a follow-up of 13 years (when the participants had become young adults). Results In young adulthood, low socioeconomic status was related to high health care use (e.g. low education -hospital admission: OR = 2.21; low income -GP costs: OR = 1.25). Odds ratios (for the socioeconomic health differences) did not decrease when controlled for personality. Conclusions In this Dutch sample of younger people, personality appeared not to be a driving force for socioeconomic differences in health care use. Findings thus do not support the personality-related, indirect selection perspective on the explanation of socioeconomic differences in health.

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  • Maren Kraft & Koos Arts & Tanja Traag & Ferdy Otten & Hans Bosma, 2017. "Is personality a driving force for socioeconomic differences in young adults’ health care use? A prospective cohort study," International Journal of Public Health, Springer;Swiss School of Public Health (SSPH+), vol. 62(7), pages 795-802, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:ijphth:v:62:y:2017:i:7:d:10.1007_s00038-016-0927-4
    DOI: 10.1007/s00038-016-0927-4
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