The effect of conditions in early life on health in adult life: A study of 19th century Scania
(2014) EKHM51 20141Department of Economic History
- Abstract (Swedish)
- In this thesis the impact of conditions in early life on survival in adult life is studied. This is done for longitudinal level data from Scania for 1815 to 1910 and conditions in early life are measured by infant mortality rate. In the thesis a model that allows for both direct effect on the survival form the infant mortality rate and indirect effects mediated through socioeconomic status and marriage is presented. The analysis is done separately for women and men, and support for “Fetal origins hypothesis” is found for both sexes. Furthermore, also a counter effect mediated through socioeconomic status is found both for men and women. This counter effect support the theory of survival of the strongest individuals during bad early life... (More)
- In this thesis the impact of conditions in early life on survival in adult life is studied. This is done for longitudinal level data from Scania for 1815 to 1910 and conditions in early life are measured by infant mortality rate. In the thesis a model that allows for both direct effect on the survival form the infant mortality rate and indirect effects mediated through socioeconomic status and marriage is presented. The analysis is done separately for women and men, and support for “Fetal origins hypothesis” is found for both sexes. Furthermore, also a counter effect mediated through socioeconomic status is found both for men and women. This counter effect support the theory of survival of the strongest individuals during bad early life conditions. (Less)
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- author
- Andersson, Filip LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- EKHM51 20141
- year
- 2014
- type
- H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
- subject
- keywords
- survival analysis, economic demography, econometrics, early life conditions, dynamic path analysis, Adult health
- language
- English
- id
- 4500130
- date added to LUP
- 2014-06-26 10:51:47
- date last changed
- 2014-06-26 10:51:47
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