Exploring attitudes and variation by sociodemographic factors in consent provided for financial data linkage in an experimental birth cohort study
Abstract Background Improving our understanding of household incomes and what constitutes financial insecurity can help us to better understand how financial insecurity is experienced and how this can change over time within and between individuals and populations. However, financial circumstances a...
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| description | Abstract Background Improving our understanding of household incomes and what constitutes financial insecurity can help us to better understand how financial insecurity is experienced and how this can change over time within and between individuals and populations. However, financial circumstances are often perceived as sensitive and stigmatising, particularly within some ethnic minority groups. This research aims to explore attitudes and variation by sociodemographic factors in consent provided for financial data linkage in an experimental birth cohort study, in order to obtain validated income and benefits data and to better understand the impact of community interventions on the financial security of its participants and their families. Methods This research utilises an observational study design to explore consent rates, attitudes and variation in sociodemographic factors between participants of an experimental birth cohort in a deprived and ethnically diverse setting who consent and do not consent to financial data linkage. Results Overall, participants were equally likely to consent and decline consent for financial data linkage. Measures of socioeconomic insecurity were associated with being more likely to provide consent for financial data linkage. Participants who were not employed (OR 1.49 95% CI 0.93, 2.40) and were more financially insecure (OR 1.85 95% CI 1.14, 3.93) were more likely to provide consent for financial data linkage. Where the participant’s first language was a language other than English, participants were also less likely to provide consent for data linkage (OR 0.65 95% CI 0.39, 0.98). The choice of consent for financial data linkage was not associated with: ethnicity; relationship factors; employment status of the participant’s partner; person present at time of recruitment; and measures of health, such as general health, mental health, wellbeing and health-related quality of life. Conclusions This research sets out an approach to obtaining validated income and benefits data, as a proxy measure for financial security, within an experimental birth cohort study in a deprived and ethnically diverse setting. It achieves good consent rates and demonstrates greater input from those who report greater potential need for financial support. Further research should be conducted to further understand the interplay of language spoken in this context. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ad043490a91e46c9ab31e3dc90f6abbd2024-06-09T11:35:41ZengBMCBMC Public Health1471-24582024-03-0124111510.1186/s12889-024-18226-1Exploring attitudes and variation by sociodemographic factors in consent provided for financial data linkage in an experimental birth cohort studySian Reece0Josie Dickerson1Kate E. Pickett2Hull York Medical SchoolBradford Institute for Health Research, Bradford Royal InfirmaryDepartment of Health Sciences, University of YorkAbstract Background Improving our understanding of household incomes and what constitutes financial insecurity can help us to better understand how financial insecurity is experienced and how this can change over time within and between individuals and populations. However, financial circumstances are often perceived as sensitive and stigmatising, particularly within some ethnic minority groups. This research aims to explore attitudes and variation by sociodemographic factors in consent provided for financial data linkage in an experimental birth cohort study, in order to obtain validated income and benefits data and to better understand the impact of community interventions on the financial security of its participants and their families. Methods This research utilises an observational study design to explore consent rates, attitudes and variation in sociodemographic factors between participants of an experimental birth cohort in a deprived and ethnically diverse setting who consent and do not consent to financial data linkage. Results Overall, participants were equally likely to consent and decline consent for financial data linkage. Measures of socioeconomic insecurity were associated with being more likely to provide consent for financial data linkage. Participants who were not employed (OR 1.49 95% CI 0.93, 2.40) and were more financially insecure (OR 1.85 95% CI 1.14, 3.93) were more likely to provide consent for financial data linkage. Where the participant’s first language was a language other than English, participants were also less likely to provide consent for data linkage (OR 0.65 95% CI 0.39, 0.98). The choice of consent for financial data linkage was not associated with: ethnicity; relationship factors; employment status of the participant’s partner; person present at time of recruitment; and measures of health, such as general health, mental health, wellbeing and health-related quality of life. Conclusions This research sets out an approach to obtaining validated income and benefits data, as a proxy measure for financial security, within an experimental birth cohort study in a deprived and ethnically diverse setting. It achieves good consent rates and demonstrates greater input from those who report greater potential need for financial support. Further research should be conducted to further understand the interplay of language spoken in this context.https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-18226-1Cohorts, Born in Bradford, data linkage, ethnicity, mental healthPovertyHealth inequalitiesSocial inequalitiesEthnicity |
| spellingShingle | Sian Reece Josie Dickerson Kate E. Pickett Exploring attitudes and variation by sociodemographic factors in consent provided for financial data linkage in an experimental birth cohort study BMC Public Health Cohorts, Born in Bradford, data linkage, ethnicity, mental health Poverty Health inequalities Social inequalities Ethnicity |
| title | Exploring attitudes and variation by sociodemographic factors in consent provided for financial data linkage in an experimental birth cohort study |
| title_full | Exploring attitudes and variation by sociodemographic factors in consent provided for financial data linkage in an experimental birth cohort study |
| title_fullStr | Exploring attitudes and variation by sociodemographic factors in consent provided for financial data linkage in an experimental birth cohort study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Exploring attitudes and variation by sociodemographic factors in consent provided for financial data linkage in an experimental birth cohort study |
| title_short | Exploring attitudes and variation by sociodemographic factors in consent provided for financial data linkage in an experimental birth cohort study |
| title_sort | exploring attitudes and variation by sociodemographic factors in consent provided for financial data linkage in an experimental birth cohort study |
| topic | Cohorts, Born in Bradford, data linkage, ethnicity, mental health Poverty Health inequalities Social inequalities Ethnicity |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-18226-1 |
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