Early life conditions, partnership histories, and mortality risk for Swedish men and women born 1915-1929

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 108, Issue , 2014, Pages 60-67

  Donrovich, Robyn ^a   Drefahl, Sven ^b   Koupil, Ilona ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Early life conditions; Life course; Marital transitions; Mortality risk; Partnership history; Survival analysis; Sweden

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; ELDERLY POPULATION; MORTALITY RISK; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LIFE EVENT; LIFE HISTORY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEN'S HEALTH; MORTALITY; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; SURVIVAL; SWEDEN; WOMEN'S HEALTH; BIRTH ORDER; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS;

SWEDEN;

BIRTH ORDER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL CLASS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SWEDEN;

EID: 84898677840     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.02.036     Document Type: Article

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