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Title: Multigenerational Attainments and Mortality Among Older Men: An Adjacent Generations Approach
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Wolfe, Joseph D. Bauldry, Shawn Hardy, Melissa A. Pavalko, Eliza K. |
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Multigenerational Attainments and Mortality Among Older Men: An Adjacent Generations Approach Presented: Denver CO, Population Association of America Annual Meeting, April 2018 Cohort(s): Older Men Publisher: Population Association of America Keyword(s): Educational Attainment; Intergenerational Patterns/Transmission; Mortality; Occupational Attainment; Socioeconomic Status (SES) Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Recent work in stratification argues the importance of multiple generations in attainment processes. In support of this line of reasoning, studies find evidence that grandparent and parent socioeconomic attainments are associated with both children's life chances and health. This research generally assumes that the rewards of attainment are paid forward across successive generations, but an emerging literature suggests that mortality risk in old age is linked to the attainments of parents and adult children. No single study, however, considers the unique multigenerational structure of health disparities suggested by this literature. To address this gap, we use nearly complete and recently updated information on mortality from the National Longitudinal Survey of Older Men (NLS-OM), a nationally representative sample of U.S. men aged 45 to 59 beginning in 1966. Our results support a three-generation model in which men with high-attaining adult children have an especially low risk of mortality in later life. |
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Wolfe, Joseph D., Shawn Bauldry, Melissa A. Hardy and Eliza K. Pavalko. "Multigenerational Attainments and Mortality Among Older Men: An Adjacent Generations Approach." Presented: Denver CO, Population Association of America Annual Meeting, April 2018. |