Widowhood-related mortality in Scania, Sweden during the 19th century

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12447133
AutoresPaul Nystedt (Linköping University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2002
Volumen7
Número3
Páginas451-478
Fecha de publicación2002-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaThe History of the Family (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1081-602X • E-ISSN: 1873-5398
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1016/s1081-602x(02)00113-6
PMID20707030
OpenAlexW1967536487
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas13
Referencias citadas38

In this article, mortality risks are empirically examined in connection with spousal bereavement in four parishes in Scania, southern Sweden, during the 19th century using duration analysis. The data are longitudinal and the inhabitants have been followed literally from the cradle to the grave. To simultaneously catch transitory (shock) and persistent (long-term) effects of widowhood on mortality of the surviving spouse, the Cox semiparametric proportional hazards model has been applied with time spent in widowhood as a time-dependent multiple factor. Widowers in general were found to face higher relative mortality risks than widows and the effect of bereavement decreased through time. The estimated relative risks for males were dependent on socioeconomic status and widowers classified as landless faced high relative risks. Quantitatively, the magnitude of our estimates was large in comparison with similar studies made on contemporary data

Geography · Longitudinal data · Proportional hazards model · Shock (circulatory · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Spouse · Statistics · Demography · Global Health Care Issues · Health disparities and outcomes · Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management · Mathematics · Medicine