The study aims at improving our understanding on the socio-economic health differences and their origin from adolescence to adulthood. The study uses data linkage of AHLS surveys and national registries of education data. AHLS survey data has also been linked with the occupational and educational registry data of the adolescents’ parents and grandparents in order to study the origin of health differences over generations.
Research team
Tampere University: Arja Rimpelä, Paulyn Acacio-Claro, Ville Mattila, Ville Ponkilainen
University of Turku: Leena Koivusilta