Widowhood-related mortality in Scania, Sweden during the 19th century

Nystedt, Paul

doi:10.1016/s1081-602x(02)00113-6

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“…Our findings add to the literature (e.g., Nystedt 2002; Thierry 1999) on this topic by providing consensus estimates for the length of the period immediately following widowhood when the surviving spouse is at his/her greatest risk. As seen in Table 4, the risk of mortality is especially high in studies that followed individuals for two years or less.…”

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confidence: 63%

“…Subsequent research has largely supported this finding. For example, Nystedt (2002) found that widowhood-related RRs fell from 2.38 in the first six months of widowhood to 1.28 among those for whom widowhood occurred 6 or more years prior. Likewise, Thierry (1999) found that RRs (widowed vs. married) fell over the first ten years for men and women of all ages.…”

Section: Moderating Factors In the Widowhood-mortality Associationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Others have examined behavioral pathways, such as poor self care and increases in health-risk behaviors by the surviving spouse, that potentially connect bereavement to near-term negative health consequences (Jin and Christakis 2009; Sharar et al 2001; Stroebe et al 2007). A related line of research has focused on the loss of important social (Armenian, Saadeh and Armenian 1987; Bowling and Charlton 1987; Jylha and Aro 1989; Lusyne et al 2001; Martikainen and Valkonen 1996b; Mineau et al 2002) and economic (Nystedt 2002; Rahman 1997; Smith and Waitzman 1994; Zick and Smith 1991b) buffers that may affect health and survival (Subramanian, Elwert and Christakis 2008). …”

Section: Moderating Factors In the Widowhood-mortality Associationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This variability is at least partly associated with individual factors that include gender (Mineau, Smith and Bean 2002; Schaefer et al 1995; Smith and Zick 1996; Stroebe, Stroebe and Schut 2001; Thierry 1999), age (Johnson et al 2000; Lichtenstein, Gatz and Berg 1998; Manor and Eisenbach 2003; Martikainen and Valkonen 1996a; Mendes De Leon, Kasl and Jacobs 1993; Schaefer et al 1995), recency of widowhood (Jagger and Sutton 1991; Kaprio, Koskenvuo and Rita 1987; Mellstrom et al 1982; Nystedt 2002; Stimpson et al 2007; Stroebe, Schut and Stroebe 2007), and geographical region (Lusyne et al 2001; Nagata, Takatsuka and Shimizu 2003; Rahman, Foster and Menken 1992; Voges 1996). …”

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Widowhood and Mortality: A Meta-Analysis and Meta-Regression

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The study of spousal bereavement and mortality has long been a major topic of interest for social scientists, but much remains unknown with respect to important moderating factors such as age, follow-up duration, and geographic region. The present study examines these factors using meta-analysis. Keyword searches were conducted in multiple electronic databases, supplemented by extensive iterative hand searches. We extracted 1381 mortality risk estimates from 124 publications, providing data on more than 500 million persons. Compared to married people, widowers had a mean hazard ratio (HR) of 1.23 (95% confidence interval [CI], 1.19–1.28) among HRs adjusted for age and additional covariates and a high subjective quality score. The mean HR was higher for men (HR, 1.27; 95% CI, 1.19–1.35) than for women (HR, 1.15; 95% CI: 1.08–1.22). A significant interaction effect was found between gender and mean age, with HRs decreasing more rapidly for men than for women as age increased. Other significant predictors of HR magnitude included sample size, geographic region, level of statistical adjustment, and study quality.

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Widowhood and Mortality: A Meta-Analysis and Meta-Regression

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“…Most of this literature concerns the loss of a spouse (Parkes et al, 1969;Bowling, 1987;Kaprio et al, 1987;Bowling, 1994;Lichtenstein et al, 1998;Chen et al, 1999;Nystedt, 2002;Ott and Lueger, 2002;Elwert and Christakis, 2007;van den Berg et al, 2011). Most of this literature concerns the loss of a spouse (Parkes et al, 1969;Bowling, 1987;Kaprio et al, 1987;Bowling, 1994;Lichtenstein et al, 1998;Chen et al, 1999;Nystedt, 2002;Ott and Lueger, 2002;Elwert and Christakis, 2007;van den Berg et al, 2011).…”

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The Economics of Grief

Berg

Lundborg

Vikström

2017

The Economic Journal

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We study the short-run and long-run economic impact of one of the largest losses that an individual can face; the death of a child. We utilise unique registers on the entire Swedish population, combining information on the date and cause of death with parental outcomes. We exploit the longitudinal dimension of the data and deal with several selection issues. Losing a child has adverse effects on labour income, employment status, marital status and hospitalisation. The value of policy measures aimed at preventing mortal accidents of children is underestimated if it does not take bereavement effects on parents into account.

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