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Domains and subdomains of childhood experiences based on perspectives of older adults from diverse backgrounds |
| Home and family circumstances |
| ▪ Moving |
| ▪ Major family events: includes divorce or death of a parent |
| ▪ Household composition |
| ▪ Family economic conditions: description of, how they changed over time, housing tenure |
| ▪ Parents' educational attainment |
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| Neighborhood |
| ▪ Type of Neighborhood |
| ▪ Ethnic composition of neighborhood |
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| Work and money |
| ▪ Work experiences: age began to work |
| ▪ Sources of money |
| ▪ Spending habits: how money was spent (e.g. gave to parents, bought candy, bought clothes) |
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| Potential for advancement through schooling |
| ▪ Parents' attitude toward education |
| ▪ Perception of participant of education as a way to get ahead |
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| Schooling quality and content |
| ▪ Quality of middle and high school |
| ▪ Types of courses in high school: "college prep" or vocational classes at high school |
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| Discrimination |
| Unfair treatment by teachers or other school staff believed by participants to be based on skin color or language spoken (other than English). |
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| Influence and support of adults |
| Who and how much support or discouragement provided by adults. Examples are parents, grandparents, aunts or uncles, teachers, and school counselors |
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| Leisure activities |
| ▪ After school activities |
| ▪ Summer |
| ▪ recreation |
Yen et al. Epidemiologic Perspectives & Innovations 2007 4:14 doi:10.1186/1742-5573-4-14 |