Project title

Effects of early life residential mobility on mental health and risky behaviours.

Aims

The research project will aim to address the following research questions:

i)Are cumulative residential moves throughout childhood associated with poorer mental health outcomes and increased risky behaviours in adolescence and early adulthood?

ii)Are there critical periods in which the effects of residential mobility on adverse outcomes are disproportionately stronger or weaker?

iii)Do physical characteristics of the move (distance, urban/rural, changing neighbourhood status) mediate effects?

iv)To what extent do background family characteristics and life events exacerbate or attenuate results?

v)Is residential turnover at the neighbourhood level associated with poorer health outcomes?