Social inequalities in adult mortality across Europe (18th-21st centuries): A critical analysis of theories and evidence

Luque de Haro, Víctor Antonio

doi:10.1016/j.ehb.2024.101438

Economics & Human Biology

2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2024.101438

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Social inequalities in adult mortality across Europe (18th-21st centuries): A critical analysis of theories and evidence

Víctor Antonio Luque de Haro

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The persistence of social inequality in adult mortality in rural Spain, death cohorts 1546–1940

Marco-Gracia,

Luque de Haro

2024

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This paper analyses social inequality in adult mortality in rural Aragon (Spain) between the mid-sixteenth and mid-twentieth centuries. It draws on individual-level microdata for more than 19,000 individuals, whose socioeconomic status, age at death, and other family, cultural, and environmental characteristics are documented. Using funeral wills as an indicator of social status up to the late eighteenth century, and occupational records from that point onward, and employing event history analysis, it tracks all individuals from 17 villages who died after reaching the age of seven, encompassing their complete life histories. This study allows for the verification of persistent social inequalities in mortality in rural Spain from the mid-sixteenth to the mid-twentieth century, contrasting with findings from northern European countries, where such differences only emerged from the late nineteenth or early twentieth century onward. Our results indicate that these disparities in adult mortality by socioeconomic status were especially pronounced during periods of poor harvests, affecting both men and women.

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The persistence of social inequality in adult mortality in rural Spain, death cohorts 1546–1940

Marco-Gracia,

Luque de Haro

2024

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Social inequalities in adult mortality across Europe (18th-21st centuries): A critical analysis of theories and evidence

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The persistence of social inequality in adult mortality in rural Spain, death cohorts 1546–1940

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