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Socio-Economic differences in mortality. A life course approach

Différences de mortalité selons des catégories socio-economiques. Une approche biographique

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Differential mortality in Norway has been studied on the basis of a sample of data derived from the linkage of the 1960, 1970, and 1980 censuses to vital registration records. Based on the hypothesis that the determinants of survival act in interaction, two models are proposed. The first is based on states defined at each observation period by the conjunction of attributes characterizing each individual. The second model considers the chronological order of the states. Logistic regression applied to the latter shows that the most favourable male and female life trajectories are those for married people belonging to rather privileged categories. There are however some differences by sex, as favourable trajectories concern both economically inactive females and employees.

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La mortalité différentielle norvégienne a été étudiée à partir d'un échantillon extrait du couplage des données des recensements de 1960, 1970 et 1980 au registre d'état civil. Partant de l'hypothèse que l'ensemble des facteurs influençant la survie agissent en interaction, on a construit deux modèles: l'un basé sur les états définis à chaque période d'observation comme la conjonction des attributs caractérisant l'individu, l'autre sur les ordres formés par combinaison chronologiquement ordonnée des états. La régression logistique appliquée au second modèle a montré que les trajectoires masculines et féminines les plus favorables sont celles des individus mariés appartenant à des catégories plutôt favorisées, avec cependant une différence entre les deux sexes puisque les trajectoires féminines favorables concernent autant les économiquement inactives que les employées.

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Wunsch, G., Duchêne, J., Thiltgès, E. et al. Socio-Economic differences in mortality. A life course approach. Eur J Population 12, 167–185 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01797082

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