Data Insights: Youth movements, social mobility and health inequalities
Date
28/10/2020Author
Berrie, Laurie
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Abstract
This work explores the hypothesis that some youth movements, such as Scouts and Guides, have an approach to youth development which enhances soft cognitive skills. These skills may subsequently increase later life social mobility - particularly in those who are from more disadvantaged backgrounds - and through this mechanism they may experience better health outcomes compared to their peers. It uses data from the Aberdeen Children of the 1950s cohort.