Martin Dribe
Professor
Has it always paid to be rich? Income and cause-specific mortality in southern Sweden 1905–2014
Author
Summary, in English
Socio-economic differences in mortality are among the most pervasive characteristics of Western societies. While the mortality gradient by income is well established for the period after 1970, knowledge about the origins of this gradient is still rudimentary. We analyse the association between income and cause-specific adult mortality during the period 1905–2014 in an area of southern Sweden, using competing-risk hazard models with individual-level longitudinal data for over 2.2 million person-years and over 35,000 deaths. We find that the present-day income gradient in adult mortality emerged only in the period after the Second World War and did so for the leading causes of death and for men and women largely simultaneously.
Department/s
- Department of Economic History
- Centre for Economic Demography
Publishing year
2023-12-13
Language
English
Publication/Series
Population Studies
Document type
Journal article
Publisher
Routledge
Topic
- Economic History
Status
Epub
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 1477-4747