Do Childhood Boarding School Experiences Predict Health, Well-Being and Disability Pension in Adults? A SAMINOR Study ...

• Main Authors: Friborg, Oddgeir, Sørlie, Tore, Schei, Berit, Javo, Cecilie, Sørbye, Øystein, Hansen, Ketil Lenert
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: SAGE Journals 2020
• Subjects: 170199 Psychology not elsewhere classified; FOS: Psychology; Norway; sami; Sámi
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.25384/sage.c.5174616; https://sage.figshare.com/collections/Do_Childhood_Boarding_School_Experiences_Predict_Health_Well-Being_and_Disability_Pension_in_Adults_A_SAMINOR_Study/5174616

Indigenous Sámi and Kven minority children in Norway were during the 20th century placed at boarding schools to hasten their adoption of the Norwegian majority language and culture. This is the first population-based study examining health, well-being and disability pension rates among these children. Data stem from two epidemiological studies conducted in 2003/04 (SAMINOR 1) and 2012 (SAMINOR 2) by the Centre for Sami Health Research. The SAMINOR 1 study included N = 13,974 residents (50.1% women, M age = 52.9 years) and n = 2,125 boarding participants (49.6% women, M age = 56.2 years). The SAMINOR 2 part included N = 10,512 residents (55.5% women, M age = 47.6 years) and n = 1246 boarding participants (48.7% women, M age = 54.1 years). Main outcome measures are mental and general health, well-being and disability pension linearly regressed upon the predictors. We observed minor differences between boarding and non-boarding participants that generally disfavored the former, of which many disappeared after ...