Laboratory

Population Health

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Project

Linked Lives: The Importance of the Family for Socioeconomic Attainment, Health, and Mortality

Kieron Barclay, Silvia Loi, Mikko Myrskylä, Pekka Martikainen (MPIDR / University of Helsinki, Finland)

In this project, we examine how the attributes of one’s family members, as well as demographic events that impact family members, may affect a range of outcomes for the index person, from educational and socioeconomic attainment to health and mortality.  Detailed Description

Publications

Barclay, K. J.; Conley, D.:

The influence of cousin order and cousin group size on educational outcomes

MPIDR Working Paper WP-2022-013. (2022)    

Grätz, M.; Barclay, K. J.; Wiborg, Ø.; Lyngstad, T. H.; Karhula, A.; Erola, J.; Präg, P.; Laidley, T.; Conley, D.:

Sibling similarity in education across and within societies

Demography 58:3, 1011–1037. (2021)    

Barclay, K. J.; Donrovich Thorén, R.; Hanson, H. A.; Smith, K. R.:

The effects of marital status, fertility, and bereavement on adult mortality in polygamous and monogamous households: evidence from the Utah Population Database

Demography 57:6, 2169–2198. (2020)    

Barclay, K. J.; Donrovich Thorén, R.; Hanson, H. A.; Smith, K. R.:

The effect of widowhood on mortality in polygamous marriages: evidence from the Utah Population Database

MPIDR Working Paper WP-2019-010. (2019)    

Barclay, K. J.; Hällsten, M.:

Socioeconomic variation in child educational and socioeconomic attainment after parental death in Sweden

MPIDR Working Paper WP-2019-008. (2019)    

Einiö, E.; Martikainen, P.:

Risk of hospitalization for cancer, musculoskeletal disorders, injuries, or poisonings surrounding widowhood

American Journal of Epidemiology 188:1, 110–118. (2019)    

Grätz, M.; Barclay, K. J.; Wiborg, Ø.; Lyngstad, T. H.; Karhula, A.; Erola, J.; Präg, P.; Laidley, T.; Conley, D.:

Universal family background effects on education across and within societies

MPIDR Working Paper WP-2019-007. (2019)    

Torssander, J.; Moustgaard, H.; Peltonen, R.; Kilpi, F.; Martikainen, P.:

Partner resources and incidence and survival in two major causes of death

SSM-Population Health 4, 271–279. (2018)