Childhood Conditions That Predict Survival to Advanced Ages

Samuel H. Preston, Irma T. Elo, Mark E. Hill and Ira Rosenwaike

Chapter Chapter 7 in The Demography of African Americans 1930–1990, 2003, pp 167-198 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Studies of social and economic differentials in mortality typically relate circumstances at one moment in time to contemporary mortality risks. Literally hundreds of studies that date back more than a century show that, with rare exception, socially and economically disadvantaged groups suffer elevated risks of death (Williams 1990; Feinstein 1993). Such results are hardly surprising. Healthiness and longevity are nearly universal goals, and groups with more economic and social resources are better equipped to achieve these goals.

Keywords: Child Mortality; Death Certificate; Adult Mortality; Childhood Condition; Farm Laborer (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003
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DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-0325-3_7

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