Researchers from the University of Exeter Medical School analysed data from the Millennium Cohort Study, which followed more than 19,500 children born in the UK between 2000 and 2002.
Information was gathered from surveys, when the cohort children were nine months old, and then at age three, five, seven and 11.
The findings show that more children with ADHD came from families living in poverty, with an average weekly household income of £324.
The odds of parents in social housing having a child with ADHD was around three times greater than for those who owned their own homes.
Researchers also found that there was a significantly increased chance of a child having ADHD if they had a young mother or lived in a lone parent household.
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