Family Life History and Late Mid-Life Mortality in Norway

Bibliographic Data

ID4121930
AuthorsØystein Kravdal (0000-0001-6417-9837, Norwegian Institute of Public Health), Emily Grundy (0000-0002-4059-0311), Emily M D Grundy (0000-0002-9633-1116, University of London), Torkild Hovde Lyngstad (0000-0001-7830-9305, University of Oslo), Kenneth Aarskaug Wiik (0000-0002-5761-1203, Statistics Norway), Kenneth Aa Wiik
Year2012
Volume38
Issue2
Pages237-257
Publication date2012-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePopulation and Development Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0098-7921 • E-ISSN: 1728-4457
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1728-4457.2012.00491.x
OpenAlexW2031200049
LanguageEN
Citations received25
References cited51

Using data on all Norwegians born 1935-68, we analyze the associations between mortality and a combined indicator of fertility and marital or partnership status and history. The focus is on ages 40-73 and the years 1980-2008 (30 million person-years of observations and 117,000 deaths). Among men in first marriages, the childless have 36 percent higher mortality than those with two or more children. The corresponding figure for women is 61 percent. The never-married have higher mortality and are differentiated even more by parenthood status. Thus, childless never-married men and women have mortality three times as high as those who are married and have two or more children. The apparent advantage associated with having at least two children is smallest among men who divorced before their oldest child's tenth birthday. Having step-children has no association with mortality for those without natural children but is associated with higher mortality among the parous

Child mortality · Fertility · Marital status · Natural history · Norwegian · Population · Sociology · Demography · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Global Health Care Issues · Health disparities and outcomes · Medicine

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