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Title: Correlates of Mortality in a U.S. Cohort of Youth, 1980-98: Implications for Social Justice
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Caputo, Richard K. |
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Correlates of Mortality in a U.S. Cohort of Youth, 1980-98: Implications for Social Justice Social Justice Research 15,3 (September 2002): 271-293 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Plenum Publishing Corporation Keyword(s): Adolescent Behavior; Ethnic Groups/Ethnicity; Family Structure; Gender; Health Factors; Health/Health Status/SF-12 Scale; Marital Instability; Mortality; Racial Differences; Socioeconomic Status (SES); Unemployment Rate This paper reports results of a study based on a nationally representative sample of U.S. youth (N=11,549) that asked two questions: (1) How does family structure affect the likelihood of adolescent death beyond that of race/ethnicity, sex, socioeconomic status, personal behavior, and other structural factors and (2) under what conditions might appeals for social justice be warranted for relative mortality statuses and for absolute gains in mortality? The study found that marital instability increases the likelihood of dying when controlling for a variety of other factors including class, race/ethnicity, sex, and unemployment rate in area of residence. The author argues that this finding lends support to social justice arguments to redistribute resources in such a way as to ensure the likelihood of absolute gains in mortality. The study also found, however, that race/ethnicity/sex also accounted for the likelihood of dying independently of family structure when controlling for socioeconomic and other factors. The author argues that this finding lends support to social justice arguments to redistribute resources on the basis of relative mortality statuses. |
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Caputo, Richard K. "Correlates of Mortality in a U.S. Cohort of Youth, 1980-98: Implications for Social Justice." Social Justice Research 15,3 (September 2002): 271-293.
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