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Sibling Ill Health and Children's Educational Outcomes

Cristian Bortes1, Mattias Strandh2, Karina Nilsson3

  • 1Umeå University, Department of Social Work, Faculty of Social Sciences, Umeå, SE-901 87, Sweden.

The Journal of School Health
|February 28, 2020
PubMed

Insights

Children with ill siblings face lower academic achievement and are more likely to be ineligible for further education. This highlights the need to support healthy siblings of chronically ill children.

Area of Science:

  • Pediatric Health
  • Educational Psychology
  • Public Health

Background:

  • Childhood health issues negatively impact academic success.
  • Limited research exists on educational outcomes for siblings of ill children.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the association between having a sibling with health problems and a healthy sibling's academic achievement.
  • To analyze educational outcomes for children with ill siblings.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized Swedish population registers with 115,106 individuals born in 1990.
  • Compared academic achievements of healthy siblings of ill children versus healthy siblings of healthy children.
  • Analyzed sibling hospitalization data and academic performance in the final year of compulsory education using regression models.

Main Results:

  • Sibling hospitalization was linked to significantly lower overall grade points (β = -10.73, p < .001).
  • An increased odds ratio (OR = 1.42, p < .001) for ineligibility for upper secondary education was observed for healthy siblings of ill children.

Conclusions:

  • Healthy siblings of children with health problems are academically disadvantaged.
  • Educational and health support systems should address the needs of these healthy siblings.
  • Recognizing and supporting healthy siblings is crucial for equitable outcomes.
Abstract

Keywords:
academic achievementchild and adolescent healtheducationregister datasiblings

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