Upward intergenerational transmission of health inequality

Health benefits associated with socioeconomic advantage have been widely documented across genders, life course, populations and cultures.1 Intergenerational transmission of income, social support and human capital in the family, and its association with health, is not a new phenomenon.2 3 The WHO Review of Social Determinants and the Health Divide in the WHO European Region 4 urged actions and policy to tackle intergenerational transmission of...