WHAT IF WE COULD ELIMINATE CHILD POVERTY - THE THEORETICAL EFFECT ON CHILD PSYCHOSOCIAL MORBIDITY

The aim of this study was to examine the attributable risk of low inco me for child psychosocial morbidity. Data on 1,996 6- to 16-year-old p articipants from the Ontario Child Health Study, a province-wide cross -sectional study done in 1983, were used. Outcomes measured included p sychiatric disorders, poor school performance, chronic health problems , and social impairment, The attributable risk for low income and chil d psychosocial morbidity was generally small except among selected dis orders in younger children. The implications of these findings are dis cussed.